Use of Medicare and DOD data for improving VA race data quality

Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 781-796

  Stroupe, Kevin T ^a,b,c   Tarlov, Elizabeth ^a,b   Zhang, Qiuying ^a   Haywood, Thomas ^b   Owens, Arika ^b   Hynes, Denise M ^a,b,d  

^a HINES VA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b VA Information Resource Center   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Data quality; Ethnicity; Health science; Hispanic; Medicare; Minority; Race; Validity; Veterans

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; DATA QUALITY; ETHNICITY; HEALTH SCIENCE; HISPANICS; MEDICARE; MINORITY; RACE; VALIDITY; VETERANS;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; DATA BASE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICARE; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VETERAN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DATA COLLECTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 78449301740     PISSN: 07487711     EISSN: 07487711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1682/JRRD.2009.08.0122     Document Type: Article

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