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Hospital ethnicity data.(POLICY & PRACTICE)(Brief article)

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| April 01, 2006 | Lubell, Jennifer | COPYRIGHT 2006 International Medical News Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Most hospitals collect data about the race, ethnicity, and language preference of their patients, but few are using the data to improve health care quality, according to a study that was conducted by the National Public Health and Hospital Institute. Researchers surveyed 500 acute care hospitals and found that half collect information on patients' language, more than three-fourths collect information on patients' race, and half collect information on patients' ethnicity and language preference. Of the hospitals that did not collect this information, more than half said that they did not see the need ...

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