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Table 4 Use of GRC interpreters during previous 6 months, by department

From: Overcoming language barriers with foreign-language speaking patients: a survey to investigate intra-hospital variation in attitudes and practices

Use of GRC interpreters during previous 6 months

Anesthesiology/

Pharmacology/

Intensive Care

Surgery

Child and Adolescent Health

Gynecology and Obstetrics

Community Medicine and Primary Care

Genetic Medicine and Laboratory

Internal Medicine

Clinical Neurosciences

Psychiatry

Rehabilitation and Geriatrics

Never

57 (74%)

61 (69%)

34 (26%)

4 (15%)

22 (33%)

10 (59%)

63 (50%)

28 (53%)

48 (33%)

70 (85%)

1-5 times

19 (25%)

26 (29%)

74 (57%)

15 (58%)

24 (36%)

6 (35%)

53 (42%)

22 (42%)

72 (50%)

10 (12%)

6 and more

1 (1%)

2 (2%)

22 (17%)

7 (27%)

21 (31%)

1 (6%)

9 (7%)

3 (5%)

25 (17%)

2 (2%)

  1. χ2 = 168.523; p < 0,000; dl 18
  2. λ = 0.186, dependent variable "Use of GRC interpreters during previous 6 months"
  3. V = 0,322; P < 0,000