Error Rates in Race and Ethnicity Designation Across Large Pediatric Health Systems.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Without knowledge of the degree of misattribution in racial and ethnic designations in data, studies run the risk of missing existing inequities and disparities and identifying others that do not exist. Further, accuracy of racial and ethnic designations is important to clinical care improvement efforts and health outcomes.

Objective

To determine the error rate of racial and ethnic attribution in the electronic medical records (EMRs) across the 3 largest pediatric health systems in Michigan.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional study collected race and ethnicity data from parents in outpatient clinics, emergency departments, and inpatient units at the 3 largest pediatric health systems in Michigan. A total of 1594 parents or guardians part

SUBMITTER: Freed GL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11372483 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature