Preferred Language Spoken in California Facilities

The dataset contains combined counts for hospital discharges, emergency room encounters and ambulatory surgeries by preferred language spoken for each facility. The nearly 100 languages collected in the patient-level data were combined into eight geographical regions: English Language, Spanish Language, Asian/Pacific Islander Languages, Middle Eastern Languages, European Languages, African Languages, Latin American Languages, and Native American Languages. See the Preferred Language Spoken Language List below to see the exact separation of languages.

Data and Resources

Field Value
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identifier 47d40bf0-1903-4a81-81aa-7e2935dd2679
issued 2022-06-17T16:20:20.847419
modified 2022-06-29T21:41:35.966271
publisher Department of Health Care Access and Information
resource-type Dataset
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theme {"Health and Human Services"}
Groups
  • AmeriGEOSS
  • National Provider
  • North America
Tags
  • ambulatory-surgery
  • amerigeo
  • amerigeoss
  • ckan
  • department-of-health-care-access-and-information
  • emergency-department-visits
  • geo
  • geoss
  • hcai
  • inpatient-hospitalizations
  • language
  • national
  • north-america
  • preferred-language-spoken
  • united-states
isopen False
license_id notspecified
license_title License not specified
maintainer Department of Health Care Access and Information, Healthcare Analytics Branch
maintainer_email dataandreports@hcai.ca.gov
metadata_created 2025-11-20T18:11:46.452325
metadata_modified 2025-11-20T18:11:46.452329
notes The dataset contains combined counts for hospital discharges, emergency room encounters and ambulatory surgeries by preferred language spoken for each facility. The nearly 100 languages collected in the patient-level data were combined into eight geographical regions: English Language, Spanish Language, Asian/Pacific Islander Languages, Middle Eastern Languages, European Languages, African Languages, Latin American Languages, and Native American Languages. See the Preferred Language Spoken Language List below to see the exact separation of languages.
num_resources 4
num_tags 15
title Preferred Language Spoken in California Facilities