Obtaining data on patient race, ethnicity, and primary language in health care organizations: Current challenges and proposed solutions

Health Services Research

Volumn 41, Issue 4 I, 2006, Pages 1501-1518

  Hasnain Wynia, Romana ^a   Baker, David W ^b  

^a Health Research and Educational Trust   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disparities; Health care organizations; Patient centered care; Quality of care; Self reported race ethnicity; Uniform framework

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LANGUAGE; MEDICAL STAFF; MONITORING; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PERCEPTION; RACE; REVIEW; SELF REPORT;

CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DATA COLLECTION; ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTH FACILITIES; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33746355959     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2006.00552.x     Document Type: Review

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