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Researching Disparities: Strategies for Primary Data Collection
Author(s) -
Weinick Robin M.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
academic emergency medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.221
H-Index - 124
eISSN - 1553-2712
pISSN - 1069-6563
DOI - 10.1197/s1069-6563(03)00484-6
Subject(s) - medicine , ethnic group , socioeconomic status , health equity , primary care , race (biology) , family medicine , data collection , gerontology , environmental health , nursing , public health , population , statistics , botany , mathematics , sociology , anthropology , biology
Comparatively little disparities research to date has focused on emergency medicine. However, the body of disparities research developed in other areas of health care has identified a number of issues that are directly applicable. To promote research on disparities in emergency medicine, this article addresses several of these issues related to collecting and classifying data on race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status and selected methodologic issues that are particularly important for evaluating disparities.