TABLE 3—
Odds of 7-Day Readmission for Patients With a Non-English Primary Language at Language-Serving and Non–Language-Serving Hospitals: New Jersey State Inpatient Database, 2010–2022
| Language Spoken | Unadjusted OR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI)a |
|---|---|---|
| All non-English languages | 0.72 (0.40, 1.28) | 0.49 (0.25, 0.96) |
| Spanish | 0.71 (0.37, 1.35) | 0.52 (0.25, 1.08) |
| Common non-English, non-Spanish languagesb | 0.63 (0.31, 1.25) | 0.58 (0.28, 1.18) |
| Rare non-English, non-Spanish languagesc | 0.69 (0.39, 1.23) | 0.67 (0.38, 1.16) |
Note. AOR = adjusted odds ratio; CI = confidence interval; OR = odds ratio. Reference group is non–language-serving hospitals.
a
Adjusted for age, sex, race/ethnicity, discharge year, insurance type, Elixhauser comorbidity index score, admission urgency, neighborhood median household income, and patient–hospital county concordance.
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.