Who, when, and how: the current state of race, ethnicity, and primary language data collection in hospitals

Who, when, and how: the current state of race, ethnicity, and primary language data collection in hospitals

Collection:
Health Policy and Services Research
Alternate Title(s):
Current state of race, ethnicity, and primary language data collection in hospitals
Author(s):
Hasnain-Wynia, Romana, author
Pierce, Debra, author
Pittman, Mary, author
Contributor(s):
Commonwealth Fund, issuing body.
Publication:
[New York, New York] : Commonwealth Fund, May 2004
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Data Collection
Hospital Administration
Minority Groups
Quality of Health Care
United States
Abstract:
A critical barrier to eliminating disparities and improving the quality of patient care is the frequent lack of basic data on race, ethnicity, and primary language of patients within health care organizations. According to the authors' survey of 1,000 hospitals nationwide and results of the 2003 American Hospital Association annual survey, the majority of hospitals (78% in both surveys) reported collecting race and ethnicity data about patients. Only 50 percent of respondents from the 22 states that have a mandate to collect such data were actually aware of the mandate.
Copyright:
Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
Extent:
1 online resource (1 PDF file (viii, 34 pages))
NLM Unique ID:
101223508 (See catalog record)
OCLC no.:
56066552
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101223508