The validity of race and ethnicity in enrollment data for medicare beneficiaries

Health Services Research

Volumn 47, Issue 3 PART 2, 2012, Pages 1300-1321

  Zaslavsky, Alan M ^a   Ayanian, John Z ^a   Zaborski, Lawrence B ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

CAHPS; disparities; ethnicity; Medicare; race

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; NEGRO; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL STATUS; VALIDITY;

AGED; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DATA COLLECTION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; MENTAL HEALTH; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861190014     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2012.01411.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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