Table 2.

Key characteristics of cultural consultation case requests

Referring clinician’s characteristics	• Hospital department/division • Type of professional • Function
Patient characteristics	• Age and sex • Nationality and type of permit • Years spent in Switzerland • Religion • Language abilities • Level of education • Main diagnosis
Cultural consultation characteristics	• The nature of the referring clinician’s request to the CCS • Whether or not a patient assessment was conducted • Presence of an interpreter or a cultural informant during the assessment • Key issues affecting care that were identified during the assessment • Recommendations made to the referring clinician