Patient Satisfaction With Language-Concordant Provider Encounters: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Survey of Spanish-Speaking Adults
Language-concordant care with Spanish-speaking providers was associated with consistently high patient satisfaction across relational and communication domains. These findings support expanding access to bilingual providers and integrating medical Spanish training into healthcare education as strategies to improve trust, comprehension, and engagement in Hispanic communities.
Authors
- Marilyn B. Hirsch
- Alexandra López Vera (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7659-3672)
- Catania Ramos
- Jessica Speckart
- Shannon Bagot
Institutions
- Arrowhead Regional Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cureus
- Published
- 2025-09-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.92447
- Primary Topic
- Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00