Investigating the accuracy of ethnicity data in New Zealand hospital records: Still room for improvement

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 119, Issue 1239, 2006, Pages

  Swan, Judith ^a,b   Lillis, Steven ^a   Simmons, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b WAIKATO HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ERROR; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAORI; MEDICAL RECORD; NEW ZEALAND; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PACIFIC ISLANDER; POSTAL MAIL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SELF REPORT; ABORIGINE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUCASIAN; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; STATISTICS;

ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS; NEW ZEALAND; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 33747320521     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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