HCFA's racial and ethnic data: Current accuracy and recent improvements

Health Care Financing Review

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 107-116

  Arday, S L ^a   Arday, D R ^a   Monroe, S ^a   Zhang, J ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA BASE; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HUMAN; MEDICARE; RACE;

AGED; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; MEDICARE; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES;

EID: 0033678993     PISSN: 01958631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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