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Race, ethnicity, and language data standardization for health care quality improvement

The goal of eliminating disparities in health care in the United States remains elusive. Even as quality improves on specific measures, disparities often persist. Addressing these disparities must begin with the fundamental step of bringing the nature of the disparities and the groups at risk for th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ulmer, Cheryl
Corporate Author: Institute of Medicine (U.S.) Subcommittee on Standardized Collection of Race/Ethnicity Data for Healthcare Quality Improvement
Other Authors: McFadden, Bernadette, Nerenz, David R.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. National Academies Press c2009, 2009
Subjects:
United States
Minority Groups
Health Services Accessibility / Standards
Minority Health
Prejudice
Healthcare Disparities
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Collection: National Center for Biotechnology Information - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Includes bibliographical references
  • Introduction
  • Evidence of disparities among ethnicity groups
  • Defining categorization needs for race and ethnicity data
  • Defining language need and categories for collection
  • Improving data collection across the health care system
  • Implementation
  • Acronyms and abbreviations
  • Legislation cited in report
  • Workshop agendas
  • Subcommittee member and staff biographies
  • Subcommittee template : developing a national standard set of granular ethnicity categories and a rollup scheme
  • Granular ethnicities with no determinate OMB race classification
  • Kaiser Permanente : evolution of data collection on race, ethnicity, and language preference information
  • Contra Costa Health Plan language assistance database and ethnicity categories
  • Subcommittee template : developing a national standard set of spoken language categories and coding

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