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"It's reasonable to say the accommodation and interpreter costs, as well as the fact that people away from their country are sicker and in hospital more, adds significantly to the costs.
Travel expenses and interpreter costs were paid for the participants.
To guarantee sustainability of current efforts, the Swiss government will have to carefully monitor the negative impacts of the new payment system (Swiss-DRG), which pays hospitals on the basis of retained diagnoses not intending to cover additional time needs required for MFH efforts or interpreter costs.
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As it turned out, an interpreter would cost $120 an hour, with a two-hour minimum, and the expense wasn't covered by insurance.
He points out that the ADA looks at the financial strength of the entire organization when considering if an interpreter is cost prohibitive.
"Deaf students may need sign language interpreters that cost up to £50 an hour or a student may need a mobility scooter to get around the campus or an adapted bed like the one they have at home," he says.
Quite apart from direct financial costs of interpreter services, there are investments of additional time and infrastructure to accommodate such services, and it is not surprising that the bulk of what is known about interpreting and increasing language access comes from studies in high-income countries (5).
Aside from simply not being able to afford legal advice, law firms or other legal advice providers that have legal aid franchises will no longer be able to rely on legal aid to claim the costs of interpreters as a disbursement.
The DSA covers the costs of interpreters, note takers, and equipment--such as, in Hirst's case, a laptop computer and a radio aid.
Our own group is experimenting with low-cost lay interpreter services in local hospitals and we will be reporting on this work in detail in due course.
Staff may not approach some patients who they consider may be difficult to enrol or accommodate because they require modified information sheets, non-standard appointment times or interpreters that would increase costs and create difficulties in meeting study deadlines [ 15].
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