Examining Race and Ethnicity Information in Medicare Administrative Data

Medical Care

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2017, Pages e170-e176

  Filice, Clara E ^a   Joynt, Karen E ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

ethnicity; medicare; race

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; ETHNICITY; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MEDICARE; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; BLACK PERSON; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPT. OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES; UNITED STATES SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 84980322917     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000608     Document Type: Article

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