Changes in Race Differentials: The Impact of the New OMB Standards on Health Data in the NHIS

2/15/01


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Changes in Race Differentials: The Impact of the New OMB Standards on Health Data in the NHIS

What is OMB Directive 15?

Why change OMB Directive 15?

What are the new standards for federal race and ethnicity data collection

Revised guidelines, cont’d

Why changes to race data are important

What are the most important effects of the new standards?

How are race data collected in the NHIS?

Distribution of racial groups in the NHIS, 1997-1999

Age distribution of single race groups, 1998 NHIS

Age distribution of multiple race groups, 1998 NHIS

95% confidence intervals for private health insurance coverage, 1998 NHIS

95% confidence intervals for private health insurance coverage, 1998 NHIS

95% confidence intervals for private health insurance coverage, 1998 NHIS

95% confidence intervals for respondent assessed health status as “excellent or very good”, 1998 NHIS

95% confidence intervals for respondent assessed health status as “excellent or very good, 1998 NHIS

Summary

Limitations

Limitations (Cont.)

Availability of multiple race data for analysis

Where to find out more about the OMB race standards:

Author: Stephen Constantinides

Home Page: http://www.uic.edu/sph/dataspeak