Documentation of sexual partner gender is low in electronic health records: Observations, predictors, and recommendations to improve population health management in primary care

Population Health Management

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 217-222

  Nguyen, Giang T ^a,b,c   Yehia, Baligh R ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLACK PERSON; DOCUMENTATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FAMILY MEDICINE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; LGBT PEOPLE; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SEXUALITY; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; HEALTH SURVEY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DOCUMENTATION; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930589120     PISSN: 19427891     EISSN: 19427905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/pop.2014.0075     Document Type: Article

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