Nevertheless, inequalities in access to healthcare exist worldwide and are related to the legal and socioeconomic status of each individual and the laws and policies of each country. The European Union (EU) and the Constitution of the World Health Organization (WHO) ratified the universal right to health as a fundamental human right. Consequences can include inequalities and discrimination in different areas. The associated growing diversification of societies offers many opportunities for societal and economic growth but often presents a challenge for receiving countries. The United Nations state вЂњthe world is on the move, and the number of international migrants today is higher than ever before.вЂќ. The funders did not play any role in the study design, data collection, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.Д¬ompeting interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.Дata Availability: All relevant data are within the manuscript and its Supporting Information files.ДЇunding: The study was funded by the Verein zur FГ¶rderung der Rehabilitationsforschung in Hamburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern und Schleswig-Holstein (vffr) ( ). Received: JanuAccepted: JPublished: July 30, 2019Д¬opyright: В© 2019 Handtke et al. PLoS ONE 14(7):Д®ditor: Catherine Suzanne Todd, FHI360, UNITED STATES Qualitative data suggest that components and strategies of culturally competent healthcare were appreciated by patients and providers.Д¬itation: Handtke O, Schilgen B, MГ¶sko M (2019) Culturally competent healthcare вЂ“ A scoping review of strategies implemented in healthcare organizations and a model of culturally competent healthcare provision. The overall effects on patient outcomes and utilization rates of identified components or strategies were positive but often small or not significant. A model integrating the results is proposed. Identified strategies and components of culturally competent healthcare extracted from these studies were clustered into twenty categories, which were organized in four groups: Components of culturally competent healthcareвЂ“Individual level Components of culturally competent healthcareвЂ“Organizational level Strategies to implement culturally competent healthcare and Strategies to provide access to culturally competent healthcare. Sixty-seven studies implementing culturally competent healthcare interventions were included in the final synthesis. PICO criteria were adapted to formulate the research question and to systematically choose relevant search terms. A systematic literature search was carried out using three databases (Pubmed, PsycINFO and Web of Science) to identify studies which have implemented and evaluated cultural competence interventions in healthcare facilities.

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