Measuring Exposure to Incarceration Using the Electronic Health Record.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Electronic health records (EHRs) are a rich source of health information; however social determinants of health, including incarceration, and how they impact health and health care disparities can be hard to extract.

Objective

The main objective of this study was to compare sensitivity and specificity of patient self-report with various methods of identifying incarceration exposure using the EHR.

Research design

Validation study using multiple data sources and types.

Subjects

Participants of the Veterans Aging Cohort Study (VACS), a national observational cohort based on data from the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) EHR that includes all human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients in care (47,805) and uninfected patients (99,060) matched on r

SUBMITTER: Wang EA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8352066 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature