Inconsistencies between self-reported ethnicity and ethnicity recorded in a health maintenance organization

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 71-79

  Gomez, Scarlett L ^a,b   Kelsey, Jennifer L ^a   Glaser, Sally L ^a   Lee, Marion M ^a   Sidney, Stephen ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NORTHERN CALIFORNIA CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Admission; Asian; Ethnicity; Misclassification; Race

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FILIPINO; FRACTURE; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEGRO; PATIENT CODING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CALIFORNIA; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DOCUMENTATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FRACTURES, BONE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HOSPITALS, GROUP PRACTICE; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS; MEDICAL RECORDS DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; SELF DISCLOSURE;

EID: 9644280998     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2004.03.002     Document Type: Article

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