Aggregating Asian American racial data in publicly available national healthcare databases exacerbates health disparities and blunts distinctions

J Am Acad Dermatol. 2023 Oct;89(4):867-869. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2023.05.043. Epub 2023 May 26.

Authors

Kanika Kamal¹, Grant J Riew¹, Michelle S Lee¹, Vinod E Nambudiri²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Dermatology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
² Department of Dermatology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 37245834
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2023.05.043

No abstract available

Keywords: Asian American health; clinical research; healthcare databases; population health research; racial and ethnic disparities.

MeSH terms

Asian* / ethnology
Asian* / statistics & numerical data
Data Collection / standards
Data Interpretation, Statistical*
Delivery of Health Care* / ethnology
Delivery of Health Care* / statistics & numerical data
Ethnicity / statistics & numerical data
Health Status Disparities*
Healthcare Disparities* / ethnology
Healthcare Disparities* / statistics & numerical data
Humans
United States / epidemiology