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. 2022 Jan-Feb;35(1):5-6.
doi: 10.3122/jabfm.2022.01.210190.

Family Physicians Increasingly Deliver Care in Diverse Languages

Aimee R Eden  1 , Andrew Bazemore  2 , Zachary J Morgan  2 , Yalda Jabbarpour  2
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Family Physicians Increasingly Deliver Care in Diverse Languages

Aimee R Eden et al. J Am Board Fam Med. 2022 Jan-Feb.
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Abstract

The proportion of family physicians reporting provision of patient care in Spanish changed little between 2013 to 2020 but rose substantially for care delivered in other non-English languages. Physician-patient language concordance is associated with better clinical outcomes and higher patient satisfaction, serves as a proxy indicator for workforce diversity, and should be monitored and encouraged as the US population continues to diversify.

Keywords: Diversity; Family Medicine; Family Physicians; Language; Limited English Proficiency; Linguistics; Patient Care; Patient Satisfaction; Physician–Patient Relations; Primary Health Care; Workforce.

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Conflict of interest: Drs. Bazemore and Eden and Mr. Morgan are employees of the American Board of Family Medicine.

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