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Table 1 Availability of translated materials (TM) and interpreters (I) in the six countries

From: Language support for linguistic minority chronic hepatitis B/C patients: an exploratory study of availability and clinicians’ perceptions of language barriers in six European countries

 

DE (n = 57)

HU (n = 21)

IT (n = 52)

NL (n = 49)

ES (n = 17)

UK (n = 42)

 

TM

I

TM

I

TM

I

TM

I

TM

I

TM

I

Very common

35%

10%

6%

14%

5%

2%

37%

60%

15%

25%

20%

54%

Variable or not routinely

36%

23%

16%

40%

13%

38%

44%

24%

20%

50%

51%

36%

Rarely or never

17%

45%

61%

36%

80%

56%

14%

10%

60%

23%

13%

0%

Unsure

12%

22%

17%

11%

2%

4%

6%

6%

5%

3%

17%

11%

  1. Abbreviations: DE Germany, HU Hungary, IT Italy, NL the Netherlands, ES Spain, UK United Kingdom