Understanding the quality of ethnicity data recorded in health-related administrative data sources compared with Census 2021 in England.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Electronic health records (EHRs) are increasingly used to investigate health inequalities across ethnic groups. While there are some studies showing that the recording of ethnicity in EHR is imperfect, there is no robust evidence on the accuracy between the ethnicity information recorded in various real-world sources and census data.

Methods and findings

We linked primary and secondary care NHS England data sources with Census 2021 data and compared individual-level agreement of ethnicity recording in General Practice Extraction Service (GPES) Data for Pandemic Planning and Research (GDPPR), Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Ethnic Category Information Asset (ECIA), and Talking Therapies for anxiety and depression (TT) with ethnicity reported in the census. Censu

SUBMITTER: Razieh C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11864522 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature