Race and ethnicity reporting in statewide hospital data: Progress and future challenges in a key resource for local and state monitoring of health disparities

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 167-173

  Andrews, Roxanne M ^a  

^a AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ethnicity; hospital administrative data; local data; race; state data

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHNOLOGY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MANDATORY REPORTING; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MANDATORY REPORTING; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; STATE GOVERNMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952214934     PISSN: 10784659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0b013e3181f5426c     Document Type: Article

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