Data on race, ethnicity, and language largely incomplete for managed care plan members

Health Affairs

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 548-552

  Ng, Judy H ^a,b   Ye, Faye ^a   Ward, Lauren M ^a   Chris Haffer, Samuel C ^c   Scholle, Sarah Hudson ^a  

^a NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHNICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE; MANAGED CARE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; RACE; ANCESTRY GROUP; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; POPULATION HEALTH; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DATA COLLECTION; ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; POPULATION HEALTH; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85014685601     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2016.1044     Document Type: Article

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