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Healthcare quality metrics refer to a variety of measures used tocharacterize what should have been done or not done for a patient or the healthconsequences of what was or was not done. When estimating healthcare quality,many metrics are measured and combined to provide an overall estimate either atthe patient level or at higher levels, such as the provider organization orinsurer. Racial and ethnic disparities are defined as the mean difference inquality be tween minorities and Whites not justified by underlying healthconditions or patient preferences. Several statistical features of healthcarequality data have been ignored: quality is a theoretical construct not directlyobservable; quality metrics are measured on different scales or, if measured onthe same scale, have different baseline rates; the construct may bemultidimensional; and metrics are correlated within-individuals. Balancinghealth differences across race and ethnicity groups is challenging due toconfounding. We provide an approach addressing these features, utilizingexploratory multidimensional item response theory (IRT) models and latent classIRT models to estimate quality, and optimization-based matching to adjust forconfounding among the race and ethnicity groups. Quality metrics measured on93,000 adults with schizophrenia residing in five U.S. states illustrateapproaches.

Estimating Racial and Ethnic Healthcare Quality Disparities Using Exploratory Item Response Theory and Latent Class Item Response Theory Models