Williams Publishes New Work on Enhanced Identification of Hispanic Identity
Posted: 4/23/2023 (CSDE Research)
CSDE Affiliate Emily Williams and several co-authors published in Medical Care the article “Enhanced Identification of Hispanic Ethnicity Using Clinical Data: A Study in the Largest Integrated United States Health Care System”. This study utilized an algorithm based on surname and country of birth to enhance the capture of Hispanic ethnicity in the Veterans Affairs EHR and then compared relative disparities in health and health care across the new measure of ethnicity.