The challenge of using routinely collected data to compare hospital admission rates by ethnic group: A demonstration project in Scotland

Journal of Public Health (United Kingdom)

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2020, Pages 748-755

  Knox, S ^a   Bhopal, R S ^b   Thomson, C S ^a   Millard, A ^c   Fraser, A ^d   Gruer, L ^b   Buchanan, D ^a  

^a INFORMATION SERVICES DIVISION   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d NHS HEALTH SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

data quality; ethnic group coding; ethnicity; hospital admission

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; SCOTLAND;

CENSUSES; ETHNIC GROUPS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; ROUTINELY COLLECTED HEALTH DATA; SCOTLAND;

EID: 85085286144     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: 17413850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdz175     Document Type: Article

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