Enhancing Clinical Content and Race/Ethnicity Data in Statewide Hospital Administrative Databases: Obstacles Encountered, Strategies Adopted, and Lessons Learned

Health Services Research

Volumn 50, Issue S1, 2015, Pages 1300-1321

  Pine, Michael ^a   Kowlessar, Niranjana M ^b   Salemi, Jason L ^c   Miyamura, Jill ^d   Zingmond, David S ^e   Katz, Nicole E ^f   Schindler, Joe ^g  

^a Michael Pine and Associates   (United States)

^b SOCIAL AND SCIENTIFIC SYSTEMS INC   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Hawaii Health Information Corporation   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^g Minnesota Hospital Association   (United States)

Author keywords

data enhancement; Hospital administrative data; information technology in health

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; DATA BASE; DATA PROCESSING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNICITY; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; RACE; VALIDATION PROCESS; ANCESTRY GROUP; ETHNIC GROUP; FACTUAL DATABASE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DATA COLLECTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RESEARCH SUPPORT AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY;

EID: 84937966912     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.12330     Document Type: Article

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