Health care provider communication issues among Hispanics U.S. 2018

This statistic depicts the percentage of Hispanics living in the U.S. that had difficulties communicating with a health care provider because of culture or language as of 2018. According to the data, 21 percent of respondents indicated that they sometimes had trouble communicating with a health care provider due to a cultural barrier.

Percentage of Hispanic adults in the U.S. that had trouble communicating with a health care provider due to language or culture as of 2018

Characteristic	Often	Sometimes	Rarely	Never
Cultural barrier	3%	21%	20%	53%
Language barrier	4%	22%	23%	50%

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Release date

July 2018

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Region

United States

Survey time period

March 13 to April 15, 2018

Number of respondents

1,945 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Special properties

Hispanic adults only (n=458)

Method of interview

Telephone interviews and online survey

Supplementary notes

Original question: "How often have you had difficulty communicating with a health care provider while getting care for yourself or a loved one because of a (language or cultural barrier)?"

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