Open AccessValidity of Race and Ethnicity Codes in Medicare Administrative Data Compared With Gold-standard Self-reported Race Collected During Routine Home Health Care Visits
Author(s) -
Olga Jarrín,
Abner Nyandege,
Irina B. Grafova,
XinQi Dong,
Haiqun Lin
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
medical care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.632
H-Index - 178
eISSN - 1537-1948
pISSN - 0025-7079
DOI - 10.1097/mlr.0000000000001216
Subject(s) - ethnic group , pacific islanders , race and health , race (biology) , health equity , medicine , health care , gerontology , demography , population , public health , environmental health , nursing , political science , sociology , gender studies , law
Misclassification of Medicare beneficiaries' race/ethnicity in administrative data sources is frequently overlooked and a limitation in health disparities research.