New HHS data standards for race, ethnicity, sex, primary language, and disability status

JAMA

Volumn 306, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 2378-2379

  Dorsey, Rashida ^a   Graham, Garth ^a,b  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA COLLECTION METHOD; ETHNICITY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH DISPARITY; LANGUAGE ABILITY; NOTE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 83055182067     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2011.1789     Document Type: Note

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