By examining the limited supply of language proficient physicians (LPP) compared to the large amount of limited English proficient (LEP) individuals in California, LPPI research finds that California holds a significant gap in language concordance, specifically among Spanish-speaking physicians and Spanish-speaking LEP populations.
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California’s Language Concordance Mismatch: An Analysis of Language Proficient Physicians and Limited English Proficient Individuals who speak Spanish, Tagalog, Thai, Lao or Vietnamese
By examining the limited supply of language proficient physicians (LPP) compared to the large amount of limited English proficient (LEP) individuals in California, LPPI research finds that California holds a significant gap in language concordance, specifically among Spanish-speaking physicians and Spanish-speaking LEP populations.
Contributors
Laura E. Martinez
Experts
Sonja Diaz
Experts
David Hayes-Bautista
Experts
Julio Mendez Vargas
Fellows
Gabriela Solis-Torres
Fellows
Vianney Gomez
Fellows
