Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 57, Issue 3 , Pages 248-256.e4 , March 2011

Examining Effectiveness of Medical Interpreters in Emergency Departments for Spanish-Speaking Patients With Limited English Proficiency: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial

  • Ann D. Bagchi, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Health, Mathematica Policy Research, Princeton, NJ
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Ann D. Bagchi, PhD, Mathematica Policy Research, 600 Alexander Park, Princeton, NJ 08540; 609-716-4554, fax 609-799-0005
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  • Stacy Dale, MPA

      Affiliations

    • Division of Health, Mathematica Policy Research, Princeton, NJ
    • ,
  • Natalya Verbitsky-Savitz, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Health, Mathematica Policy Research, Washington, DC
    • ,
  • Sky Andrecheck, MS

      Affiliations

    • Division of Health, Mathematica Policy Research, Washington, DC
    • ,
  • Kathleen Zavotsky, MS, RN

      Affiliations

    • Emergency Department, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, NJ
    • ,
  • Robert Eisenstein, MD

      Affiliations

    • Emergency Department, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, NJ

Received 4 January 2010 ,Revised 27 April 2010 ,Accepted 25 May 2010.

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 Supervising editor: Donald M. Yealy, MD

 Author contributions: ADB, SD, and NV-S conceived the study, designed the trial, and obtained research funding. ADB recruited participating hospitals and oversaw recruitment of field staff and interviewers. ADB, KZ, and RE completed institutional review board applications and reporting. ADB, SD, and KZ supervised the conduct of the trial and data collection. NV-S carried out randomization procedures and led statistical analyses, with assistance from SD and SA. ADB had primary responsibility for drafting the article, with all authors contributing substantially to the original draft and subsequent revisions. ADB takes responsibility for the paper as a whole.

 Funding and support: By Annals policy, all authors are required to disclose any and all commercial, financial, and other relationships in any way related to the subject of this article that might create any potential conflict of interest. See the Manuscript Submission Agreement in this issue for examples of specific conflicts covered by this statement. This project was funded under grant number 55879 by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

 Please see page 249 for the Editor's Capsule Summary of this article.

 Publication date: Available online August 3, 2010.

PII: S0196-0644(10)00557-3

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2010.05.032

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 57, Issue 3 , Pages 248-256.e4 , March 2011

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