TY - VIDEO AU - AHRQ A1 - AB - Interest in providing access to language services in health care has increased in the past several years. This is particularly evident in recent State legislation that emphasizes health plan responsibility in promoting language services. This issue brief assesses emerging national efforts and profiles work in three leading States – California, Minnesota, and New York – to highlight challenges, successes, and implications for future policy and activities related to language services. The experiences of these States impart lessons to others looking to provide language services and ultimately improve health care for patients with limited English proficiency. This work was developed as part of a larger project funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) in which Mathematica evaluated the second phase of the National Health Plan Collaborative to reduce racial and ethnic disparities. C4 -

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C5 - Healthcare Disparities; Grey Literature CP - December IS - December N2 - Interest in providing access to language services in health care has increased in the past several years. This is particularly evident in recent State legislation that emphasizes health plan responsibility in promoting language services. This issue brief assesses emerging national efforts and profiles work in three leading States – California, Minnesota, and New York – to highlight challenges, successes, and implications for future policy and activities related to language services. The experiences of these States impart lessons to others looking to provide language services and ultimately improve health care for patients with limited English proficiency. This work was developed as part of a larger project funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) in which Mathematica evaluated the second phase of the National Health Plan Collaborative to reduce racial and ethnic disparities. PY - 2009 RN - https://www.researchgate.net/publication/241762044_Improving_Access_to_Language_Services_in_Health_Care_A_Look_at_National_and_State_Efforts_Washington_DC_Mathematica_Policy_Research T1 - Improving Access to Language Services in Health Care: A Look at National and State Efforts TI - Improving Access to Language Services in Health Care: A Look at National and State Efforts U1 - Healthcare Disparities; Grey Literature U4 -

This grey literature reference is included in the Academy's Literature Collection in keeping with our mission to gather all sources of information on integration. Grey literature is comprised of materials that are not made available through traditional publishing avenues. Often, the information from unpublished resources can be limited and the risk of bias cannot be determined.

U5 - https://www.researchgate.net/publication/241762044_Improving_Access_to_Language_Services_in_Health_Care_A_Look_at_National_and_State_Efforts_Washington_DC_Mathematica_Policy_Research VL - 2013 Y1 - 2009 ER -