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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:
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Author: Stephen Constantinides
Home Page: http://www.uic.edu/sph/dataspeak
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