Open AccessThe Reporting of Race and Ethnicity in Surgery Literature
Author(s) -
Richard C. Maduka,
Michael Broderick,
Erin M. White,
Dena Ballouz,
Harminder Sandhu,
Gifty Kwakye,
Herbert Chen,
Gurjit Sandhu
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
jama surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.757
H-Index - 176
eISSN - 2168-6262
pISSN - 2168-6254
DOI - 10.1001/jamasurg.2021.3752
Subject(s) - medicine , medical journal , ethnic group , race (biology) , family medicine , botany , sociology , anthropology , biology
The reporting of race provides transparency to the representativeness of data and helps inform health care disparities. The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) developed recommendations to promote quality reporting of race; however, the frequency of reporting continues to be low among most medical journals.
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