Abstract:Background: Errors in racial and ethnic classification of Medicare beneficiaries limit health services research on minority health and health disparities among priority populations, including American Indians and Alaskan Natives.Objective: To compare the agreement and accuracy of three sources of race and ethnicity information contained in the Medicare data warehouse: 1) the Enrollment Database (EDB) which originate from Social Security data; 2) the Research Triangle Institute (RTI) imputed data based on name … Show more
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