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PRESS RELEASE:Study Finds an Alarming Shortage of Physicians Proficient in Spanish, Tagalog, Thai, and Lao in California


‘California’s Language Concordance Mismatch’ finds a troubling gap between Language-Proficient Physicians (LPP) and Limited English Proficient (LEP) individuals that speak Spanish, Tagalog, Thai, Lao, or Vietnamese, and provides highlights where these disparities exist in California by county. PRESS_RELEASE_Language_Concordance_Mismatch

‘California’s Language Concordance Mismatch’ finds a troubling gap between Language-Proficient Physicians (LPP) and Limited English Proficient (LEP) individuals that speak Spanish, Tagalog, Thai, Lao, or Vietnamese, and provides highlights where these disparities exist in California by county.

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