Patient-Physician Language Concordance and Cardiovascular Outcomes Among Patients With Hypertension.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Patients who live in minority language communities often receive health care services of lower quality and safety compared with patients who speak the majority language. Yet the outcomes associated with care provided by physicians who speak a patient's primary language remain unknown.

Objective

To examine patient-physician language concordance and the risk of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACEs) among patients with hypertension.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective cohort study identified adults with self-reported hypertension in the Canadian Community Health Survey, a national survey that collects data from a representative sample of Canadians, from January 1, 2003, to December 31, 2014. Respondents (excluding those living in Quebec)

SUBMITTER: Reaume M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11840650 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature