Table 1

Primary care clinician participant characteristics overall and comparing preimplementation and postimplementation of the Language Access Systems Improvement (LASI) initiative

Total unique clinicians (N=152)Pre-LASI clinicians (N=83)*Post-LASI clinicians (N=109)*
Clinician gender
Female91 (59.9)53 (63.9)64 (58.7)
Male61 (40.1)30 (36.1)45 (41.3)
Faculty status
Attending49 (32.2)33 (39.8)43 (39.5)
NP7 (4.6)4 (4.8)5 (4.6)
Resident96 (63.2)46 (55.4)61 (55.9)
Spanish skills (self-report)
None102 (67.1)54 (65.1)72 (66.1)
Poor2 (1.3)02 (1.8)
Fair13 (8.6)8 (9.6)10 (9.2)
Good22 (14.5)13 (15.7)16 (14.7)
Very good9 (5.9)4 (4.8)8 (7.3)
Excellent4 (2.6)4 (4.8)1 (0.9)
Cantonese skills (self-report)
None143 (94.1)76 (91.6)103 (94.5)
Poor2 (1.3)1 (1.2)1 (0.9)
Fair1 (0.7)1 (1.2)1 (0.9)
Good4 (2.6)4 (4.8)2 (1.8)
Very good1 (0.7)01 (0.9)
Excellent1 (0.7)1 (1.2)1 (0.9)
Mandarin skills (self-report)
None135 (88.8)73 (88.0)96 (88.1)
Poor2 (1.3)1 (1.2)1 (0.9)
Fair2 (1.3)1 (1.2)2 (1.8)
Good8 (5.3)5 (6.0)6 (5.5)
Very good5 (3.3)3 (3.6)4 (3.7)
Excellent000
CCLA testing results
Did not test131 (86.2)72 (86.7)91 (83.5)
Fail (Spanish)2 (1.3)02 (1.8)
Fail (Cantonese)000
Fail (Mandarin)2 (1.3)1 (1.2)2 (1.8)
Pass (Spanish)9 (5.9)6 (7.2)6 (5.5)
Pass (Cantonese)3 (2.0)2 (2.4)3 (2.8)
Pass (Mandarin)5 (3.3)2 (2.4)5 (4.6)
Patient participants per clinician
Mean±SD (range)9.6±13.7 (1–122)3.4±4.0 (1–20)10.8±12.3 (1–102)
Median (IQR)6 (2–10.5)2 (1–4)7 (4–13)
  • *40 clinicians had patients in both pre-LASI and post-LASI periods.

  • CCLA, Clinician Cultural and Linguistic Assessment.