Improving Hospital Reporting of Patient Race and Ethnicity - Approaches to Data Auditing

Health Services Research

Volumn 50, Issue S1, 2015, Pages 1372-1389

  Zingmond, David S ^a   Parikh, Punam ^a   Louie, Rachel ^a   Lichtensztajn, Daphne Y ^b   Ponce, Ninez ^c   Hasnain Wynia, Romana ^d   Gomez, Scarlett Lin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CANCER PREVENTION INSTITUTE OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Outcomes Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Data auditing; gold standard comparisons; race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH; CANCER REGISTRY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DATA PROCESSING; ETHNICITY; GOLD STANDARD; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HOSPITAL REPORTING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; POPULATION RESEARCH; RACE; REGISTER; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES; ADULT; ANCESTRY GROUP; BIRTH RATE; ETHNIC GROUP; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ADULT; BIRTH RATE; CALIFORNIA; CENSUSES; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DATA COLLECTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PREGNANCY; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; REGISTRIES;

EID: 84937970840     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.12324     Document Type: Article

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