Transition to the new race/ethnicity data collection standards in the Department of Veterans Affairs

• Main Authors: Stroupe Kevin (Author), Arnold Noreen (Author), Zhang Huiyuan (Author), Sohn Min-Woong (Author), Taylor Brent C (Author), Wilt Timothy J (Author), Hynes Denise M (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2006-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Patient race in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) information system was previously recorded based on an administrative or clinical employee's observation. Since 2003, the VA started to collect self-reported race in compli...