Physician-Patient Language Discordance and Poor Health Outcomes: A Systematic Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT: Objective: This systematic review assessed whether physician-patient language concordance, compared with discordance, is associated with better health outcomes. Methods: A systematic literature search was conducted, without language restrictions, using PubMed, EMBASE, Web of Science, and PsycINFO, from inception to July 2020. We included studies that evaluated the effects of physician-patient language concordance on health outcomes. Articles were screened, selected, and data-extracted in duplicate. Review protocol was prospectively registered (PROSPERO, CRD42020157229). Results: There were 541 citations identified through databases and eight citations through reverse search and Google Scholar. A total of 15 articles (84,750 participants) were included reporting outcome

SUBMITTER: Cano-Ibanez N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8017287 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature