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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819505703321

Titolo

Race, ethnicity, and language data : standardization for health care quality improvement / / Subcommittee on Standardized Collection of Race/Ethnicity Data for Healthcare Quality Improvement, Board on Health Care Services; Cheryl Ulmer, Bernadette McFadden, and David R. Nerenz, editors ;  Institute of Medicine of the National Academies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2009

ISBN

0-309-14866-9

1-282-45493-5

9786612454936

0-309-14013-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (287 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

UlmerCheryl

McFaddenBernadette

NerenzDavid R

Disciplina

362.1

Soggetti

Discrimination in medical care - United States

Health services accessibility - Standards - United States

Minorities - Medical care - Standards

Race discrimination - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Boxes, Figures, and Tables""; ""Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Evidence of Disparities Among Ethnicity Groups""; ""3 Defining Categorization Needs for Race and Ethnicity Data""; ""4 Defining Language Need and Categories for Collection""; ""5 Improving Data Collection Across the Health Care System""; ""6 Implementation""; ""Appendix A: Acronyms and Abbreviations""; ""Appendix B: Legislation Cited in Report""; ""Appendix C: Workshop Agendas""; ""Appendix D: Subcommittee Member and Staff Biographies""

""Appendix E: Subcommittee Template: Developing a National Standard Set of Granular Ethnicity Categories and a Rollup Scheme""""Appendix F: Granular Ethnicities with No Determinate OMB Race Classification"";



""Appendix G: Kaiser Permanente: Evolution of Data Collection on Race, Ethnicity, and Language Preference Information""; ""Appendix H: Contra Costa Health Plan Language Assistance Database and Ethnicity Categories""; ""Appendix I: Subcommittee Template: Developing a National Standard Set of Spoken Language Categories and Coding""