Potential harms associated with routine collection of patient sociodemographic information: A rapid review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Health systems are recommended to capture routine patient sociodemographic data as a key step in providing equitable person-centred care. However, collection of this information has the potential to cause harm, especially for vulnerable or potentially disadvantaged patients.

Objective

To identify harms perceived or experienced by patients, their families, or health-care providers from collection of sociodemographic information during routine health-care visits and to identify best practices for when, by whom and how to collect this information.

Search strategy

We searched OVID MEDLINE, PubMed "related articles" via NLM and healthevidence.org to the end of January 2018 and assessed reference lists and related citations of included studies.

Inclusion crite

SUBMITTER: Petkovic J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6351414 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature