Although race and ethnicity data are central to health disparities analyses, they are
sometimes reported differently in different datasets and/or for the same individual over time …

There are 54 million Hispanic persons living in the United States, making them the largest
minority group in the country (1). Disaggregated data on Hispanic subgroups are needed to …

Medicaid data are used frequently to investigate racial and ethnic disparities in health.
However, there is considerable variation in the completeness of race/ethnicity information in …

This study examines the variation in surname analysis and geocoding, and their association
with self-identified Hispanics in an HMO. We collected ethnicity data from three studies, and …

Approximately 7% of the United States population is composed of Asian American, Native
Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) communities. Though often aggregated in …

The study of healthcare disparities in Latino immigrants is underdeveloped and limited by
risk to participants. To validate an electronic health record (EHR)-based algorithm that could …

Objective. This paper measures agreement between survey and administrative measures of
race/ethnicity for Medicaid enrollees. Level of agreement and the demographic and health …

Background: Hispanic Americans are often treated as a monolithic ethnic group with a single
pattern of healthcare utilization. However, there could be considerable differences within this …

Background. American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/AN) are frequently misclassified as
another race in cancer surveillance systems, resulting in underestimated morbidity and …

Objective We sought to assess the quality of race and ethnicity information in observational
health databases, including electronic health records (EHRs), and to propose patient self …