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Assessing disparities through missing race and ethnicity data: results from a juvenile arthritis registry

Frontiers in Pediatrics
IntroductionEnsuring high-quality race and ethnicity data within the electronic health record (EHR) and across linked systems, such as patient registries, is necessary to achieving the goal of inclusion of racial and ethnic minorities in scientific ...
Katelyn M. Banschbach, Katelyn M. Banschbach, Jade Singleton, Xing Wang, Sheetal S. Vora, Julia G. Harris, Ashley Lytch, Nancy Pan, Nancy Pan, Julia Klauss, Danielle Fair, Erin Hammelev, Mileka Gilbert, Connor Kreese, Ashley Machado, Peter Tarczy-Hornoch, Peter Tarczy-Hornoch, Peter Tarczy-Hornoch, Esi M. Morgan, Esi M. Morgan   +19 more
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Transition to the new race/ethnicity data collection standards in the Department of Veterans Affairs

Population Health Metrics, 2006
Background Patient race in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) information system was previously recorded based on an administrative or clinical employee's observation. Since 2003, the VA started to collect self-reported race in compliance with a new
Stroupe Kevin, Arnold Noreen, Zhang Huiyuan, Sohn Min-Woong, Taylor Brent C, Wilt Timothy J, Hynes Denise M   +6 more
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Sex Representation in US Stroke Clinical Trials: A Decade of Trends and Challenges

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Stroke remains a major cause of disability and mortality in the US, with significant sex‐based disparities, and females remain underrepresented in stroke clinical trials. We aimed to examine sex representation in US‐based stroke clinical trials, identify trial characteristics associated with higher female enrollment (≥ 50%), and ...
Chaitali Dagli, Mudasir Andrabi, Tova Cohen, Pranali G. Patel, Tapasya Katta, Chen Lin   +5 more
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Accuracy of Race and Ethnicity Data in the Pediatric Electronic Health Record: A Concordance and System Adequacy Study

Health Equity
Introduction: Conventional race and ethnicity categories and analysis are reductive and prone to inaccuracy. Because race and ethnicity data validity is essential to health equity efforts, we measured the accuracy of race and ethnicity data in a ...
John D. Cowden, Rachel Drake, Jessi Johnson, Katiana Kelty, Mehwish Ahmed   +4 more
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Impact of Race/Ethnicity and Socioeconomic Status on Risk-Adjusted Readmission Rates [PDF]

Inquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing, 2016
Under the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP) of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), hospitals with excess readmissions for select conditions and procedures are penalized.
Grant R. Martsolf PhD, Marguerite L. Barrett MS, Audrey J. Weiss PhD, Raynard Washington PhD, Claudia A. Steiner MD, Ateev Mehrotra MD, Rosanna M. Coffey PhD   +6 more
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White Matter Hyperintensity Burden and Short‐Interval Change Associated With Sleep Apnoea in the UK Biobank

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background and Purpose White matter hyperintensities (WMH) are a core neuroimaging marker of cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD). Sleep apnoea (SA) is a recognized vascular risk factor, but its associations with regional WMH burden, short‐interval WMH change and cognitive performance in population‐based cohorts remain incompletely defined. We
Peng Cheng, Diego Z. Carvalho, Shahid Karim, Anwar Chahal, Virend K. Somers   +4 more
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Non-hispanic whites have higher risk for pulmonary impairment from pulmonary tuberculosis

BMC Public Health, 2012
Background Disparities in outcomes associated with race and ethnicity are well documented for many diseases and patient populations. Tuberculosis (TB) disproportionately affects economically disadvantaged, racial and ethnic minority populations ...
Pasipanodya Jotam G, Vecino Edgar, Miller Thaddeus L, Munguia Guadalupe, Drewyer Gerry, Fernandez Michel, Slocum Philip, Weis Stephen E   +7 more
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Prodromal Lewy Body Disorder Features in REM Sleep Behavior Disorder With Biomarker‐Defined Synucleinopathy

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Isolated rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder (iRBD) is a prodromal state for Lewy body disorders and exhibits biological heterogeneity that may influence clinical expression and progression. We examined clinical features in individuals with iRBD and biomarker‐defined synucleinopathy.
Daniel Weintraub, Michele K. York, Roseanne Dobkin, Anuprita R. Nair, Ryan Kurth, David‐Erick Lafontant, Chelsea Caspell‐Garcia, Roy N. Alcalay, Ethan G. Brown, Lana M. Chahine, Christopher Coffey, Tatiana Foroud, Douglas Galasko, Karl Kieburtz, Kenneth Marek, Kalpana Merchant, Brit Mollenhauer, Kathleen L. Poston, Andrew Siderowf, Cristina Simonet, Tanya Simuni, Caroline M. Tanner, Thomas F. Tropea, Aleksandar Videnovic, The Parkinson's Progression Markers Initiative   +24 more
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Persisting problems related to race and ethnicity in public health and epidemiology research

Revista de Saúde Pública, 2013
A recent and comprehensive review of the use of race and ethnicity in research that address health disparities in epidemiology and public health is provided.
Jean-Claude Moubarac
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Online database of clinical algorithms with race and ethnicity

Scientific Reports
Some clinical algorithms incorporate an individual’s race, ethnicity, or both as an input variable or predictor in determining diagnoses, prognoses, treatment plans, or risk assessments.
Shyam Visweswaran, Eugene M. Sadhu, Michele M. Morris, Anushka R. Vis, Malarkodi Jebathilagam Samayamuthu   +4 more
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