Predictors of Language Service Availability in U.S. Hospitals
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Background Hispanics comprise ۱۷% of the total U.S. population, surpassing African-Americans as the largest minority group. Linguistically, almost ۶۰ million people speak a language other than English. This language diversity can create barriers and additional burden and risk when seeking health services. Patients with Limited English Proficiency (LEP) for example, have been shown to experience a disproportionate risk of poor health outcomes, making the provision of Language Services (LS) in healthcare facilities critical. Research on the determinants of LS adoption has focused more on overall cultural competence and internal managerial decision-making than on measuring LS adoption as a process outcome influenced by contextual or external factors. The current investigation examines the relationship between state policy, service area factors, and hospital characteristics on hospital LS adoption. Methods We employ a cross-sectional analysis of survey data from a national sample of hospitals in the American Hospital Association (AHA) database for ۲۰۱۱ (N= ۴۸۷۶) to analyze hospital characteristics and outcomes, augmented with additional population data from the American Community Survey (ACS) to estimate language diversity in the hospital service area. Additional data from the National Health Law Program (NHeLP) facilitated the state level Medicaid reimbursement factor. Results Only ۶۴%of hospitals offered LS. Hospitals that adopted LS were more likely to be not-for-profit, in areas with higher than average language diversity, larger, and urban. Hospitals in above average language diverse counties had more than ۲-fold greater odds of adopting LS than less language diverse areas [Adjusted Odds Ratio (AOR): ۲.۲۶, P< ۰.۰۱]. Further, hospitals with a strategic orientation toward diversity had nearly ۲-fold greater odds of adopting LS (AOR: ۱.۹۰, P< ۰.۰۰۱). Conclusion Our findings support the importance of structural and contextual factors as they relate to healthcare delivery. Healthcare organizations must address the needs of the population they serve and align their efforts internally. Current financial incentives do not appear to influence adoption of LS, nor do Medicaid reimbursement funds, thus suggesting that further alignment of incentives. Organizational and system level factors have a place in disparities research and warrant further analysis; additional spatial methods could enhance our understanding of population factors critical to system-level health services research.
Keywords:
Limited English Proficiency (LEP) , Healthcare Quality , Language Access , Health Disparities , Hospitals
Authors
Melody Schiaffino
San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA
Mona Al-Amin
Suffolk University, Boston, MA, USA
Jessica Schumacher
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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