Accuracy of routinely recorded ethnic group information compared with self-reported ethnicity: Evidence from the English Cancer Patient Experience survey

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Saunders, C L ^a   Abel, G A ^a   El Turabi, A ^a   Ahmed, F ^a   Lyratzopoulos, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEGRO; PATIENT INFORMATION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84880447406     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002882     Document Type: Article

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