Ethnicity recording in general practice computer systems

被引：29

作者：

Kumarapeli, P.

Stepaniuk, R.

de Lusignan, S. ^{[1
]}

Williams, R.

Rowlands, G.

机构：

[1] Univ London, St Georges, Div Community Hlth Sci, London SW17 0RE, England

[2] Primary Care Serv Improvement, London SE1 7NT, England

[3] S Bank Univ, Fac Hlth & Social Care, Inst Primary Care & Publ Hlth, London SE1 0AA, England

来源：

JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH | 2006年 / 28卷 / 03期

关键词：

computers; demography; ethnic groups; ethnicity; general practice; medical records systems computerized; primary care; vocabulary controlled;

D O I：

10.1093/pubmed/fdl044

中图分类号：

R1 [预防医学、卫生学];

学科分类号：

1004 ; 120402 ;

摘要：

Background: Ethnicity data in general practice (GP) computerized medical records can be utilized to audit equity in health care. Methods: We evaluated a patient profiling project targeted to improve ethnicity recording. Results: Data extracted from 16 practices showed an increase in ethnicity recording from < 1% before the intervention to 48% after. Recorded codes could be mapped onto the basic national statistics six-category ethnicity classification headings, and their proportions were similar to the 2001 census values. Conclusion: Recording of data using multiple coding hierarchies has reduced the utility of data as clinically important ethnic subgroups cannot be identified. Practitioners should be encouraged to use the single recommended ethnicity coding hierarchy.

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页码：283 / 287

页数：5

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