Can ethnicity data collected at an organizational level be useful in addressing health and healthcare inequities?

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 240-254

  Browne, Annette J ^a   Varcoe, Colleen M ^a   Wong, Sabrina T ^a   Smye, Victoria L ^a   Khan, Koushambhi B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Data collection; Discrimination; Ethnicity; Health inequities; Healthcare organizations

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; DATA QUALITY; ETHNICITY; HEALTH CARE; INCOME; VULNERABILITY;

CANADA; NEW ZEALAND; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ARTICLE; CANADA; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; METHODOLOGY; MINORITY GROUP; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

CANADA; DATA COLLECTION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MINORITY GROUPS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION;

EID: 84896120050     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: 14653419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557858.2013.814766     Document Type: Article

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