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The cost and utilisation patterns of a pilot sign language interpreter service for primary health care services in South Africa

BACKGROUND: The World Health Organisation estimates disabling hearing loss to be around 5.3%, while a study of hearing impairment and auditory pathology in Limpopo, South Africa found a prevalence of nearly 9%. Although Sign Language Interpreters (SLIs) improve the communication challenges in health...

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Autores principales: Zulu, Tryphine, Heap, Marion, Sinanovic, Edina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5741243/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29272272
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0189983