Health care usage by Hispanic outpatients as function of primary language.
Health care usage by Hispanic outpatients as function of primary language.
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西班牙裔门诊患者对医疗保健的使用作为主要语言的功能。
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1986
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R. M. Covell
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D. J. Hu;R. M. Covell
在加州圣地亚哥县的五家门诊诊所，三组西班牙裔患者参加了一项关于医疗保健使用情况的调查问卷，根据他们是否只说西班牙语、以西班牙语为主要语言的双语或主要说英语。虽然这三个群体在年龄和收入分布上相似，但使用保健服务（定期保健来源、健康保险、住院和一般体检、眼科和牙科检查的频率）与使用英语的增加呈正相关。同样，与主要语言为西班牙语的受访者相比，主要语言为英语的受访者更有可能将其医疗保健描述为绰绰有余，并且他们自己的健康状况非常好。
Three groups of Hispanic patients at five outpatient clinics in San Diego County, California, participated in a survey questionnaire concerning health care usage according to whether they were Spanish-speaking only, bilingual with Spanish as a primary language or primarily English speaking. Although the three groups were similar in age and income distribution, the use of health services (regular source of health care, health insurance, admission to hospital and frequency of general physical, eye and dental examinations) was positively correlated with increased use of English. Likewise, respondents whose primary language was English were more likely to describe their health care as more than adequate and their own health as excellent than were those whose primary language was Spanish.