![]() Previous research has shown that lower health literacy and socioeconomic status in ethnic minority groups, budgetary restrictions in the hospital, difficulties in communication and differences in cultural interpretations of illness, health and treatment as well as negative perceptions among patients and caregivers are examples of risk factors for pressure on the actual possibility of providing culturally appropriate care in the hospital. ![]() Providing culturally appropriate care is particularly challenging in the hospital setting because of its acute, necessary and inevitable character. Notwithstanding these challenges, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that healthcare services should ensure culturally appropriate care for every (ethnic minority) patient. Healthcare services are being challenged to provide care for ethnic minority patients because of the increasing heterogeneity in their health determinants, needs and vulnerabilities. Despite the increasing multi-ethnicity within societies worldwide, ethnic minority patients still face significantly higher risk of being confronted with lower quality of healthcare, lower health outcomes, inequalities, disparities and barriers in access to care.
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