Race and ethnicity data quality and imputation using U.S. census data in an integrated health system: The kaiser permanente Southern California experience

Medical Care Research and Review

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 330-345

  Derose, Stephen F ^a   Contreras, Richard ^a   Coleman, Karen J ^a   Koebnick, Corinna ^a   Jacobsen, Steven J ^a  

^a Kaiser Permanente Southern California ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

disparities; imputation; integrated health systems; race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BAYESIAN LEARNING; CAUCASIAN; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH DISPARITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MALE; NEGRO; PACIFIC ISLANDER; POPULATION RESEARCH; RACE; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES;

DISPARITIES; IMPUTATION; INTEGRATED HEALTH SYSTEMS; RACE/ETHNICITY;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASIAN AMERICANS; CALIFORNIA; CENSUSES; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; RESEARCH DESIGN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84877824025     PISSN: 10775587     EISSN: 15526801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077558712466293     Document Type: Article

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