言語が重要:非英語言語サブグループおよび病院間での外科的再入院のばらつき
Brittany M Dacier1, Jesus Mejia2, Alyssa N Jones3
1Center for Surgery and Public Health, Department of Surgery, Mass General Brigham, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Surgery, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, USA.
American journal of surgery
|February 11, 2026
まとめ
限定的英語能力(LEP)を持つ患者が言語提供病院(LSH)から退院した場合、再入院率が低かった。これは、外科的転帰の改善と健康格差の削減における病院の言語サービス化の重要性を強調しています。
科学分野:
- 医療サービス研究
- 健康格差
- 外科的転帰
背景:
- 限定的英語能力(LEP)を持つ患者は、より悪い外科的転帰を経験します。
- 病院は、言語アクセスサービスを提供する能力において著しく異なります。
- 効果的な言語サービスは、公平な医療提供に不可欠です。
研究 の 目的:
- LEPを持つ成人外科患者の7日間の再入院率を比較すること。
- この研究では、病院の言語提供状況(LSH対非LSH)別に転帰を層別化しました。
- 分析には、スペイン語、一般的な非英語非スペイン語(NENS)、およびまれなNENS言語の言語グループ別に層別化することが含まれました。
主な方法:
- 分析のためにニュージャージー州の入院患者データベースを利用しました。
- 病院から退院した34,342人の成人外科患者が含まれていました。
- 言語提供病院(LSH)と非LSHの間の再入院率を比較しました。
主要な成果:
- LSHから退院した患者の再入院率は5.0%の非LSHと比較して2.5%でした。
- LSHからのLEP患者は、スペイン語(aOR 0.46)、一般的なNENS(aOR 0.49)、およびまれなNENS(aOR 0.50)の言語グループ全体で、再入院のオッズが減少しました。
- これらの発見は、多様なLEP集団にとってLSHの大きな利点を示しています。
結論:
- LSHからの退院は、LEPを持つ外科患者の再入院オッズの低下と関連しています。
- LSHは、LEP患者のケアを管理する上でより適しているようで、再入院を減らす可能性があります。
- 一般的なNENS言語とまれなNENS言語では格差が残っており、スペイン語以外の言語リソースの拡大が必要であることが強調されています。
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