Making lemonade out of lemons: an approach to combining variable race and ethnicity data from hospitals for quality and safety efforts

doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2023-016438

Editorial

. 2024 Jan 19;33(2):74-77.

doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2023-016438.

Making lemonade out of lemons: an approach to combining variable race and ethnicity data from hospitals for quality and safety efforts

Kayla L Karvonen^{1

2}, Naomi S Bardach^{3

4}

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¹ Pediatrics, UCSF, San Francisco, California, USA.
² Preterm Birth Initiative, UCSF, San Francisco, California, USA.
³ Pediatrics, UCSF, San Francisco, California, USA naomi.bardach@ucsf.edu.
⁴ Philip R Lee Institute of Health Policy Studies, UCSF, San Francisco, California, USA.

PMID: 37714699
PMCID: PMC12124370
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2023-016438

Editorial

Making lemonade out of lemons: an approach to combining variable race and ethnicity data from hospitals for quality and safety efforts

Kayla L Karvonen et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2024.

. 2024 Jan 19;33(2):74-77.

doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2023-016438.

Authors

Kayla L Karvonen^{1

2}, Naomi S Bardach^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Pediatrics, UCSF, San Francisco, California, USA.
² Preterm Birth Initiative, UCSF, San Francisco, California, USA.
³ Pediatrics, UCSF, San Francisco, California, USA naomi.bardach@ucsf.edu.
⁴ Philip R Lee Institute of Health Policy Studies, UCSF, San Francisco, California, USA.

PMID: 37714699
PMCID: PMC12124370
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2023-016438

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Keywords: Health services research; Healthcare quality improvement; Hospital medicine; Paediatrics.

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Competing interests: None declared.

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1. Cowden JD, Flores G, Chow T, et al. Variability in Collection and Use of Race/Ethnicity and Language Data in 93 Pediatric Hospitals. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. Oct 2020;7(5):928–936. doi:10.1007/s40615-020-00716-8 - DOI - PubMed
1. Author FN. Racial & Ethnic Disparities in Common Inpatient Safety Outcomes in a Children’s Hospital Cohort. bmjqs-2022-015786R1. - PubMed

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[1] Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century. National Academy Press; 2001. - PubMed

[2] Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century. National Academy Press; 2001. - PubMed

[3] Race, Ethnicity, and Language Data: Standardization for Health Care Quality Improvement: 3. Defining Categorization Needs for Race and Ethnicity Data. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Accessed August 2023, https://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/iomracereport/relda...

[4] Race, Ethnicity, and Language Data: Standardization for Health Care Quality Improvement: 3. Defining Categorization Needs for Race and Ethnicity Data. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Accessed August 2023, https://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/iomracereport/relda...

[5] Chin MH. Advancing health equity in patient safety: a reckoning, challenge and opportunity. BMJ quality & safety. Dec 29 2020;doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2020-012599 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[6] Chin MH. Advancing health equity in patient safety: a reckoning, challenge and opportunity. BMJ quality & safety. Dec 29 2020;doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2020-012599 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[7] Cowden JD, Flores G, Chow T, et al. Variability in Collection and Use of Race/Ethnicity and Language Data in 93 Pediatric Hospitals. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. Oct 2020;7(5):928–936. doi:10.1007/s40615-020-00716-8 - DOI - PubMed

[8] Cowden JD, Flores G, Chow T, et al. Variability in Collection and Use of Race/Ethnicity and Language Data in 93 Pediatric Hospitals. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. Oct 2020;7(5):928–936. doi:10.1007/s40615-020-00716-8 - DOI - PubMed

[9] Author FN. Racial & Ethnic Disparities in Common Inpatient Safety Outcomes in a Children’s Hospital Cohort. bmjqs-2022-015786R1. - PubMed

[10] Author FN. Racial & Ethnic Disparities in Common Inpatient Safety Outcomes in a Children’s Hospital Cohort. bmjqs-2022-015786R1. - PubMed

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