Open AccessThe expanded racial and ethnic codes in the Medicare data files: their completeness of coverage and accuracy.
Author(s) -
Diane S. Lauderdale,
Jack Goldberg
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.86.5.712
Subject(s) - ethnic group , census , demography , asian americans , medicine , race (biology) , zip code , gerontology , population , health care , health care financing , geography , environmental health , political science , sociology , gender studies , cartography , law
This paper evaluates the new race/ethnicity codes for Asian Americans, Hispanics, and Native Americans that have recently been added to the Medicare enrollment database.