Interpreter services for immigrants in European healthcare systems: a systematic review of access barriers and facilitators

CONCLUSION: Immigrant patients and healthcare professionals experience barriers in using interpreter services due to restrictive policies regarding user fees and limitations to entitlement to interpreters, a limited number of qualified interpreters and lack of knowledge. Medical encounters with unaddressed language barriers can put patients at risk and reduce quality of care for immigrants, which calls for strengthening formal and informal access to interpreters.PMID:37698073 | DOI:10.1177/14034948231179279
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Public Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Source Type: research