HCFA's Racial and Ethnic Data: Current Accuracy and Recent Improvements
Using linked data from the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS), the authors assessed the accuracy of racial/ethnic classifications in HCFA's enrollment data base (EDB) before and after the 1997 effort to update the EDB. After the update, the sensitivity of the EDB was 97 percent for whit...
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
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CENTERS for MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES
2000
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4194641/ |