| Literature DB >> 19305671 |
Hude Quan1, Alison Wong, Delaine Johnson, William A Ghali.
Abstract
A telephone survey was conducted in Calgary, Alberta to assess public opinion on collection of ethnicity information in hospitals. Of the 2,799 respondents, 84.8% felt comfortable about recording their ethnicity in hospital charts. This rate held across respondents' age, marital status and ethnic origin. These findings suggest that Canadian health systems should explore the feasibility and ethical suitability of collecting ethnicity data, as this information could contribute to the evaluation and subsequent reduction of ethnic disparities in health and health services access.Year: 2006 PMID: 19305671 PMCID: PMC2585343
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Healthc Policy ISSN: 1715-6572