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Non-English speakers costing physician practices $19,000 a year, study finds.

Publication: San Diego Business Journal
Publication Date: 30-APR-07
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Non-English speakers costing physician practices $19,000 a year, study finds.(HEALTH CARE)

Article Excerpt
Treating patients who speak little-to-no English costs individual physician practices on average $19,000 a year, according to a report released here last week.

Philadelphia-based American College of Physicians, a national organization representing 120,000 internal medicine physicians, related subspecialists and medical students released that finding last week during its annual meeting. More...

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