Self-Reported vs Administrative Race/Ethnicity Data and Study Results

作者：Ulrike Boehmer, Nancy R. Kressin, Dan R. Berlowitz, Cindy L. Christiansen, Lewis E. Kazis, Judith A. Jones · 发表于：American Journal of Public Health · 年份：2002 · DOI：10.2105/ajph.92.9.1471 · 被引用次数：201 · 研究领域：Healthcare Policy and Management、Racial and Ethnic Identity Research、Primary Care and Health Outcomes

Concerns about administrative data on race/ethnicity have led some researchers to consider self-reported race/ethnicity as superior.1–5 However, few studies have examined the differential impact of the source of race/ethnicity data, that is, observed or selfreported, on study outcomes. We investigated whether differences in reporting of race/ethnicity led to different results with regard to the use of one therapeutic dental procedure, root canal therapy.