Using a Spanish surname match to improve identification of Hispanic women in Medicare administrative data

Health Services Research

Volumn 41, Issue 4 I, 2006, Pages 1469-1481

  Wei, Iris I ^a   Virnig, Beth A ^b   John, Dolly A ^c   Morgan, Robert O ^a,d  

^a MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Medicare race code; Minorities; Sensitivity and specificity; Spanish surname; Women

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GOLD STANDARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IDENTITY; MALE; MEDICARE; POPULATION RESEARCH; RACE; SPAIN; SURNAME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33746365087     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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