Table 2.
Patient Language and Presence of Interpreter on Day of Admission or Discharge from Hospital
| Encounter with Interpreter | All LEP Patients | Spanish | Portuguese | Vietnamese | Albanian | Russian | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % (n) | % (n) | % (n) | % (n) | % (n) | % (n) | ||
| Neither day of admission nor day of discharge | 13.8 (423) | 12.4 (247) | 6.7 (21) | 12.8 (23) | 9.2 (16) | 25.8 (23) | 30.5 (93) |
| Admission, but not on discharge | 30.8 (963) | 30.8 (616) | 34.5 (108) | 36.1 (65) | 33.9 (59) | 30.3 (27) | 28.9 (88) |
| Discharge, but not on admission | 15.8 (482) | 16.0 (320) | 6.1 (19) | 17.2 (31) | 17.8 (31) | 21.3 (19) | 20.3 (62) |
| Both day of admission & discharge | 39.0 (1192) | 40.8 (816) | 52.7 (165) | 33.9 (61) | 39.1 (68) | 22.5 (20) | 20.3 (62) |
| TOTAL | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % |
Chi-square = 168.3, df = 15, P < 0.001