The impact of hospital language on the rate of in-hospital harm. A retrospective cohort study of home care recipients in Ontario, Canada

• Main Authors: Michael Reaume (Author), Ricardo Batista (Author), Robert Talarico (Author), Emily Rhodes (Author), Eva Guerin (Author), Sarah Carson (Author), Denis Prud'homme (Author), Peter Tanuseputro (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Patients who live in minority language situations are generally more likely to experience poor health outcomes, including harmful events. The delivery of healthcare services in a language-concordant environment has been shown to mitigate the risk of poor health outcomes related t...