Interpreter services for immigrants in European healthcare systems: a systematic review of access barriers and facilitators.

Background: Language barriers have been identified as a key access barrier to healthcare services for immigrants. The aim of this study was twofold: to investigate immigrants' and healthcare professionals' experiences with barriers and facilitators of interpreter services, and to examine the influence of barriers to interpreter services on the quality of care from immigrant and healthcare professional perspectives.

Methods: We searched PubMed, Embase, The Cochrane Library, Scopus, SocINDEX and PsycINFO, resulting in 1425 studies.

Impacts of an interpretation fee on immigrants' access to healthcare: Evidence from a Danish survey study among newly arrived immigrants.

In 2018, a fee for healthcare interpretation was introduced for immigrants living in Denmark for more than 3 years to incentivize learning Danish faster. Little is known about who is affected and how immigrants experience impacts of the fee. Using survey data from 2021 (n = 486), we analysed prevalence and socio-demographic background of immigrants reporting interpretation needs, and self-reports about whether the fee had impacted their access to healthcare.

Experiences of access to healthcare among newly arrived immigrants in Denmark: Examining the role of residence permit.

Aims: In Denmark, all residents regardless of nationality are 'de jure' entitled to a wide range of free-of-charge healthcare services. There is, however, only scarce quantitative knowledge on immigrants' experiences of their 'de facto' access to healthcare and on how access relates to immigrants' types of residence permits. The study aims to address these gaps.