Riddle Bruce L
Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA.
Ethn Dis. 2005 Spring;15(2):324-31.
The objective was to investigate how data on race and ethnicity are collected by hospitals reporting to the New Hampshire State Cancer Registry (NHSCR).
NHSCR surveyed hospitals asking how information on race and ethnicity were collected. A review of relevant legal mandates and national guidelines was undertaken.
Many hospitals lack policies on collection, computer systems fail to support national guidelines, and staff rely on visual inspection.
Hospital staffs are not now culturally equipped to collect race and ethnicity in a meaningful way. The numerator in cancer incidence rates is most likely not accurate and for some smaller populations very biased. A new framework is needed that takes into account the needs of the democracy.
目的是调查向新罕布什尔州癌症登记处（NHSCR）报告的医院如何收集种族和族裔数据。
NHSCR对医院进行调查，询问其如何收集种族和族裔信息。对相关法律规定和国家指南进行了审查。
许多医院缺乏收集政策，计算机系统无法支持国家指南，工作人员依赖目视检查。
医院工作人员目前在文化上没有能力以有意义的方式收集种族和族裔信息。癌症发病率的分子很可能不准确，对一些较小的人群存在很大偏差。需要一个考虑到民主需求的新框架。
