Table 2.

Results from Linear Interrupted Time Series Models Predicting Patient-Provider Communication Measures

	Limited English proficiency (LEP)			English-proficient (EP)
	Pre	Post	Diff	Pre	Post	Diff	DD
Predicted probability of answering “Always”
How often did health providers explain things in a way that was easy to understand?	0.474	0.501	0.027	0.594	0.611	0.017	0.010
p value	0.000	0.000	0.344	0.000	0.000	0.023	0.738
How often did health providers listen carefully to you?	0.476	0.500	0.024	0.626	0.627	0.002	0.022
p value	0.000	0.000	0.394	0.000	0.000	0.840	0.450
How often did health providers show respect for what you had to say?	0.532	0.559	0.028	0.656	0.656	−0.001	0.028
p value	0.000	0.000	0.324	0.000	0.000	0.940	0.337
Annual change in the predicted probability of answering “Always”
How often did health providers explain things in a way that was easy to understand?	− 0.016	0.017	0.033	− 0.004	0.012	0.016	0.017
p value	0.064	0.001	0.001	0.139	0.000	0.000	0.096
How often did health providers listen carefully to you?	− 0.015	0.015	0.030	0.011	0.008	− 0.003	0.033
p value	0.071	0.002	0.001	0.000	0.000	0.348	0.001
How often did health providers show respect for what you had to say?	− 0.016	0.018	0.034	0.010	0.010	0.000	0.034
p value	0.049	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.908	0.000

Source: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey 2006–2015