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Patient–physician language concordance and quality and safety outcomes among frail home care recipients admitted to hospital in Ontario, Canada
Emily Seale, Michael Reaume, Ricardo Batista, Anan Bader Eddeen, Rhiannon Roberts, Emily Rhodes, Daniel I. McIsaac, Claire E. Kendall, Manish M. Sood, Denis Prud’homme and Peter Tanuseputro
CMAJ July 11, 2022 194 (26) E899-E908; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.212155
Emily Seale
Faculty of Medicine (Seale, Reaume, McIsaac, Kendall, Sood, Tanuseputro), University of Ottawa; Institut du Savoir Montfort (Seale, Reaume, Prud’homme, Tanuseputro), Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Internal Medicine (Reaume), Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (Batista, Roberts, Rhodes, McIsaac, Kendall, Sood, Tanuseputro); ICES uOttawa (Batista, Bader Eddeen, McIsaac, Kendall, Sood, Tanuseputro); Institut du Savoir Montfort (Batista); Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine (McIsaac), The Ottawa Hospital; Bruyère Research Institute (Kendall, Tanuseputro), Ottawa, Ont.; Université de Moncton (Prud’homme), Moncton, NB
MPHMichael Reaume
Faculty of Medicine (Seale, Reaume, McIsaac, Kendall, Sood, Tanuseputro), University of Ottawa; Institut du Savoir Montfort (Seale, Reaume, Prud’homme, Tanuseputro), Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Internal Medicine (Reaume), Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (Batista, Roberts, Rhodes, McIsaac, Kendall, Sood, Tanuseputro); ICES uOttawa (Batista, Bader Eddeen, McIsaac, Kendall, Sood, Tanuseputro); Institut du Savoir Montfort (Batista); Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine (McIsaac), The Ottawa Hospital; Bruyère Research Institute (Kendall, Tanuseputro), Ottawa, Ont.; Université de Moncton (Prud’homme), Moncton, NB
MD MScRicardo Batista
Faculty of Medicine (Seale, Reaume, McIsaac, Kendall, Sood, Tanuseputro), University of Ottawa; Institut du Savoir Montfort (Seale, Reaume, Prud’homme, Tanuseputro), Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Internal Medicine (Reaume), Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (Batista, Roberts, Rhodes, McIsaac, Kendall, Sood, Tanuseputro); ICES uOttawa (Batista, Bader Eddeen, McIsaac, Kendall, Sood, Tanuseputro); Institut du Savoir Montfort (Batista); Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine (McIsaac), The Ottawa Hospital; Bruyère Research Institute (Kendall, Tanuseputro), Ottawa, Ont.; Université de Moncton (Prud’homme), Moncton, NB
MD PhDAnan Bader Eddeen
Faculty of Medicine (Seale, Reaume, McIsaac, Kendall, Sood, Tanuseputro), University of Ottawa; Institut du Savoir Montfort (Seale, Reaume, Prud’homme, Tanuseputro), Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Internal Medicine (Reaume), Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (Batista, Roberts, Rhodes, McIsaac, Kendall, Sood, Tanuseputro); ICES uOttawa (Batista, Bader Eddeen, McIsaac, Kendall, Sood, Tanuseputro); Institut du Savoir Montfort (Batista); Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine (McIsaac), The Ottawa Hospital; Bruyère Research Institute (Kendall, Tanuseputro), Ottawa, Ont.; Université de Moncton (Prud’homme), Moncton, NB
MScRhiannon Roberts
Faculty of Medicine (Seale, Reaume, McIsaac, Kendall, Sood, Tanuseputro), University of Ottawa; Institut du Savoir Montfort (Seale, Reaume, Prud’homme, Tanuseputro), Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Internal Medicine (Reaume), Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (Batista, Roberts, Rhodes, McIsaac, Kendall, Sood, Tanuseputro); ICES uOttawa (Batista, Bader Eddeen, McIsaac, Kendall, Sood, Tanuseputro); Institut du Savoir Montfort (Batista); Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine (McIsaac), The Ottawa Hospital; Bruyère Research Institute (Kendall, Tanuseputro), Ottawa, Ont.; Université de Moncton (Prud’homme), Moncton, NB
MScPHEmily Rhodes
Faculty of Medicine (Seale, Reaume, McIsaac, Kendall, Sood, Tanuseputro), University of Ottawa; Institut du Savoir Montfort (Seale, Reaume, Prud’homme, Tanuseputro), Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Internal Medicine (Reaume), Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (Batista, Roberts, Rhodes, McIsaac, Kendall, Sood, Tanuseputro); ICES uOttawa (Batista, Bader Eddeen, McIsaac, Kendall, Sood, Tanuseputro); Institut du Savoir Montfort (Batista); Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine (McIsaac), The Ottawa Hospital; Bruyère Research Institute (Kendall, Tanuseputro), Ottawa, Ont.; Université de Moncton (Prud’homme), Moncton, NB
MScDaniel I. McIsaac
Faculty of Medicine (Seale, Reaume, McIsaac, Kendall, Sood, Tanuseputro), University of Ottawa; Institut du Savoir Montfort (Seale, Reaume, Prud’homme, Tanuseputro), Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Internal Medicine (Reaume), Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (Batista, Roberts, Rhodes, McIsaac, Kendall, Sood, Tanuseputro); ICES uOttawa (Batista, Bader Eddeen, McIsaac, Kendall, Sood, Tanuseputro); Institut du Savoir Montfort (Batista); Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine (McIsaac), The Ottawa Hospital; Bruyère Research Institute (Kendall, Tanuseputro), Ottawa, Ont.; Université de Moncton (Prud’homme), Moncton, NB
MD MPHClaire E. Kendall
Faculty of Medicine (Seale, Reaume, McIsaac, Kendall, Sood, Tanuseputro), University of Ottawa; Institut du Savoir Montfort (Seale, Reaume, Prud’homme, Tanuseputro), Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Internal Medicine (Reaume), Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (Batista, Roberts, Rhodes, McIsaac, Kendall, Sood, Tanuseputro); ICES uOttawa (Batista, Bader Eddeen, McIsaac, Kendall, Sood, Tanuseputro); Institut du Savoir Montfort (Batista); Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine (McIsaac), The Ottawa Hospital; Bruyère Research Institute (Kendall, Tanuseputro), Ottawa, Ont.; Université de Moncton (Prud’homme), Moncton, NB
MD PhDManish M. Sood
Faculty of Medicine (Seale, Reaume, McIsaac, Kendall, Sood, Tanuseputro), University of Ottawa; Institut du Savoir Montfort (Seale, Reaume, Prud’homme, Tanuseputro), Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Internal Medicine (Reaume), Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (Batista, Roberts, Rhodes, McIsaac, Kendall, Sood, Tanuseputro); ICES uOttawa (Batista, Bader Eddeen, McIsaac, Kendall, Sood, Tanuseputro); Institut du Savoir Montfort (Batista); Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine (McIsaac), The Ottawa Hospital; Bruyère Research Institute (Kendall, Tanuseputro), Ottawa, Ont.; Université de Moncton (Prud’homme), Moncton, NB
MD MScDenis Prud’homme
Faculty of Medicine (Seale, Reaume, McIsaac, Kendall, Sood, Tanuseputro), University of Ottawa; Institut du Savoir Montfort (Seale, Reaume, Prud’homme, Tanuseputro), Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Internal Medicine (Reaume), Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (Batista, Roberts, Rhodes, McIsaac, Kendall, Sood, Tanuseputro); ICES uOttawa (Batista, Bader Eddeen, McIsaac, Kendall, Sood, Tanuseputro); Institut du Savoir Montfort (Batista); Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine (McIsaac), The Ottawa Hospital; Bruyère Research Institute (Kendall, Tanuseputro), Ottawa, Ont.; Université de Moncton (Prud’homme), Moncton, NB
MD MScPeter Tanuseputro
Faculty of Medicine (Seale, Reaume, McIsaac, Kendall, Sood, Tanuseputro), University of Ottawa; Institut du Savoir Montfort (Seale, Reaume, Prud’homme, Tanuseputro), Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Internal Medicine (Reaume), Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (Batista, Roberts, Rhodes, McIsaac, Kendall, Sood, Tanuseputro); ICES uOttawa (Batista, Bader Eddeen, McIsaac, Kendall, Sood, Tanuseputro); Institut du Savoir Montfort (Batista); Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine (McIsaac), The Ottawa Hospital; Bruyère Research Institute (Kendall, Tanuseputro), Ottawa, Ont.; Université de Moncton (Prud’homme), Moncton, NB
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Online appendices
- Appendix 1: Chronic conditions
- Appendix 2: Classification of Language
- Appendix 3: In-Hospital Harmful Events
- Appendix 4: Regression models for in-hospital outcomes for Francophone and Allophone home care recipients, stratified by patient-physician language concordance/discordance
- Appendix 5: Regression models for post-hospital outcomes for Francophone and Allophone home care recipients, stratified by patient-physician language concordance/discordance
- Appendix 6: Sensitivity analysis for length of stay, stratified by language concordance/discordance status of the hospitalization
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Patient–physician language concordance and quality and safety outcomes among frail home care recipients admitted to hospital in Ontario, Canada
Emily Seale, Michael Reaume, Ricardo Batista, Anan Bader Eddeen, Rhiannon Roberts, Emily Rhodes, Daniel I. McIsaac, Claire E. Kendall, Manish M. Sood, Denis Prud’homme, Peter Tanuseputro
CMAJ Jul 2022, 194 (26) E899-E908; DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.212155
Patient–physician language concordance and quality and safety outcomes among frail home care recipients admitted to hospital in Ontario, Canada
Emily Seale, Michael Reaume, Ricardo Batista, Anan Bader Eddeen, Rhiannon Roberts, Emily Rhodes, Daniel I. McIsaac, Claire E. Kendall, Manish M. Sood, Denis Prud’homme, Peter Tanuseputro
CMAJ Jul 2022, 194 (26) E899-E908; DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.212155
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