Why poor quality of ethnicity data should not preclude its use for identifying disparities in health and healthcare

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 176-180

  Aspinall, Peter J ^a,b   Jacobson, Bobbie ^a  

^a London Health Observatory   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COUGHING; DATA ANALYSIS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; META ANALYSIS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VALIDITY; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NOMENCLATURE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ALGORITHMS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DATA COLLECTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MEDICAL RECORDS; META-ANALYSIS; NAMES; RACE RELATIONS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 34250809048     PISSN: 14753898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.2006.019059     Document Type: Article

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