Improving identification of hispanic males in medicare use of surname matching

Medical Care

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 810-816

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

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

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Health disparity; Managed care; Medicare; Minorities; Veterans

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICARE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; NOMENCLATURE; POPULATION RESEARCH; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VALIDATION STUDY; VETERAN;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; CENSUSES; DATA COLLECTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; NAMES; RESEARCH DESIGN; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 4043126234     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlr.0000132392.49176.5a     Document Type: Article

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