TABLE 2—
Proportion of Patients With a Non-English Primary Language Readmitted to the Index Hospital Within 7 Days at Language-Serving vs Non–Language-Serving Hospitals: New Jersey State Inpatient Database, 2010–2022
| Overall, No. (%)a | Language-Serving Hospitals, No. (%) | Non-Language-Serving Hospitals, No. (%) | P | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All patients with a non-English primary language | ≤ .001 | |||
| Readmitted | 37 850 (6.6) | 17 956 (4.8) | 19 894 (9.8) | |
| Not readmitted | 540 180 (93.5) | 356 664 (95.2) | 183 516 (90.2) | |
| Spanish is primary language | ≤ .001 | |||
| Readmitted | 24 405 (7.2) | 10 941 (5.5) | 13 464 (9.7) | |
| Not readmitted | 312 966 (92.8) | 187 218 (94.5) | 125 748 (90.3) | |
| Common non-English, non-Spanish primary languageb | ≤ .001 | |||
| Readmitted | 2 926 (7.7) | 1 014 (4.0) | 1 912 (14.6) | |
| Not readmitted | 35 262 (92.3) | 24 073 (96.0) | 11 189 (85.4) | |
| Rare non-English, non-Spanish primary languagec | ≤ .001 | |||
| Readmitted | 10 519 (5.2) | 6 001 (4.0) | 4 518 (8.8) | |
| Not readmitted | 191 952 (94.8) | 145 373 (96.0) | 46 579 (91.2) |
a
Percentages may not add to exactly 100% because of rounding.
b
We considered Arabic, Portuguese, and Korean to be common non-English, non-Spanish languages.
c
We considered all reported languages other than English, Spanish, Arabic, Portuguese, and Korean to be rare non-English, non-Spanish languages.