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Dental School Patients with Limited English Proficiency: The California Experience
Journal of Dental Education, 09/16/09

Itaya LE et al. – California is home to one–third of the U.S. population with limited English proficiency (LEP). Studies indicate that treating LEP patients without professional interpreters can result in miscommunication, decreased patient satisfaction, and serious medical errors. To address this problem, federal laws require all health care institutions receiving federal monies to provide interpretation services to their LEP patients at no cost to the patient. To comply with federal laws, dental schools are confronted with the challenge of covering the cost of providing language services to LEP patients.

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