Race/ethnicity: Who is counting what?

Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 475-483

  Jia, Huanguang ^a,c   Zheng, Yu E ^a,b,d   Cowper, Diane C ^a   Stansbury, James P ^a,b   Wu, Samuel S ^a,b   Vogel, W Bruce ^a   Duncan, Pamela W ^a   Reker, Dean M ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^c Rehabilitation Outcomes Research Center   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Administrative data; Department of Veterans Affairs; Ethnicity; Medicare; Race; Racial ethnic classification; Reliability; Social Security Administration; Stroke; Validity; Veterans

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; PATIENT TREATMENT; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA; DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION;

HEALTH CARE;

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; STROKE;

CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMANS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 33750262368     PISSN: 07487711     EISSN: 07487711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1682/JRRD.2005.05.0086     Document Type: Article

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