ArticleHealth services research2012
The validity of race and ethnicity in enrollment data for Medicare beneficiaries.
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66 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Understanding the quality of ethnicity data recorded in health-related administrative data sources compared with Census 2021 in England.PLoS medicine · 2025Article
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- Social Risk Factors and Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care Resource Utilization Among Medicare Advantage Beneficiaries With Psychiatric Disorders.Medical care research and review : MCRR · 2024Article
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- Racial Disparities in Lipid Screening Among Patients With Coronary Artery Disease Narrowed in Primary Care Settings Supportive of Nurse Practitioners.Journal of nursing regulation · 2023Article
- Assessing the validity of race and ethnicity coding in administrative Medicare data for reporting outcomes among Medicare advantage beneficiaries from 2015 to 2017.Health services research · 2023Article
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- Racial and ethnic disparities in COVID-19 booster vaccination among U.S. older adults differ by geographic region and Medicare enrollment.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Effects of Medicare comprehensive medication review on racial/ethnic disparities in nonadherence to statin medications among patients with Alzheimer's Disease: an observational analysis.BMC health services research · 2022Observational
- Hospitalizations for Alcohol and Opioid Use Disorders in Older Adults: Trends, Comorbidities, and Differences by Gender, Race, and Ethnicity.Substance abuse : research and treatment · 2022Article
- Evaluating the Contribution of Patient-Provider Communication and Cancer Diagnosis to Racial Disparities in End-of-Life Care Among Medicare Beneficiaries.Journal of general internal medicine · 2021Article
- Beyond Black and White: Mapping Misclassification of Medicare Beneficiaries Race and Ethnicity.Medical care research and review : MCRR · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo assess the validity of race/ethnicity in Medicare databases for studies of racial/ethnic disparities. DATA SOURCES: The 2010 Medicare Consumer Assessments of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS(®)) survey was linked to Medicare enrollment data and local area characteristics from the 2000 Census. STUDY
designRace/ethnicity was cross-tabulated for CAHPS and Medicare data. Within each self-reported category, demographic, geographic, health, and health care variables were compared between those that were and were not similarly identified in Medicare data. DATA COLLECTION
methodsThe Medicare CAHPS survey included 343,658 responses from elderly participants (60 percent response rate). Data were weighted for sampling and nonresponse to be representative of the national population of elderly Medicare beneficiaries. PRINCIPAL
findingsSelf-reported Hispanics, Asians, Pacific Islanders, and American Indians were underidentified in Medicare enrollment data. Individuals in these groups who were identified in Medicare data tended to be more strongly identified with their group, poorer, and in worse health and to report worse health care experiences than those who were not so identified.
conclusionsSelf-reported members of racial and ethnic groups other than Whites and Blacks who are identified in Medicare data differ substantially from those who are not so identified. These differences should be considered in assessments of disparities in health and health care among Medicare beneficiaries.
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