Obtaining data on patient race, ethnicity, and primary language in health care organizations: current challenges and proposed solutions.(Special Section Race and Ethnicity)

From: Health Services Research | Date: August 1, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

Objectives. To provide an overview of why health care organizations (HCOs) should collect race, ethnicity, and language data, review current practices, discuss the rationale for collecting this information directly from patients, and describe barriers and solutions.

Principal Findings. Hospitals and HCOs with data from their own institutions may be more likely to look at disparities in care, design targeted programs to improve quality of care, and provide patient-centered care. Yet data collection is fragmented and incomplete within and across organizations. A major factor affecting the ...

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