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To the Editor: US Census Bureau data report that 16 million Spanish speakers in the United States have limited English proficiency (LEP). 1 US Census BureauLanguage spoken at home for the population 5 years and over. https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=spanish%20language&g=0100000US&tid=ACSDT1Y2019.C16001&hidePreview=falseDate: 2019 Date accessed: January 2, 2021 Google Scholar Hispanic patients, especially those with LEP, are less likely to seek health information online than other racial/ethnic groups. 2 Millar R.J. Sahoo S. Yamashita T. Cummins P.A. Literacy skills, language use, and online health information seeking among Hispanic adults in the United States. Patient Educ Couns. 2020; 103: 1595-1600https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2020.02.030 Crossref PubMed Scopus (10) Google Scholar , 3 Jacobs W. Amuta A.O. Jeon K.C. Health information seeking in the digital age: an analysis of health information seeking behavior among US adults. Cogent Soc Sci. 2017; 31302785https://doi.org/10.1080/23311886.2017.1302785 Crossref Scopus (273) Google Scholar , 4 Tripathi R. Knusel K.D. Ezaldein H.H. Scott J.F. Bordeaux J.S. Association of demographic and socioeconomic characteristics with differences in use of outpatient dermatology services in the United States. JAMA Dermatol. 2018; 154: 1286https://doi.org/10.1001/jamadermatol.2018.3114 Crossref PubMed Scopus (41) Google Scholar Most academic medical centers have websites with patient-oriented care information in English, but the availability of this information in Spanish is unknown.
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