Delgado J L, Estrada L
National Coalition of Hispanic Health and Human Services Organizations, Washington, DC 20036.
Public Health Rep. 1993 Sep-Oct;108(5):540-5.
The authors examined 21 major health data systems of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and concluded that data on Hispanics are not included in several Departmental national health data collection systems, and that even when collected, data on Hispanic subpopulations are found in few of the systems. Of the 21 data systems, 6 do not collect Hispanic population data, including the Medicare statistical system. Only the National Vital Statistics System was found to collect data for all major Hispanic subpopulation groups. Seventeen of the 21 data systems do not collect sample sizes adequate for analyzing any one of the four major Hispanic subpopulation groups. To address that lack, Hispanic health leadership agendas have recommended collecting data on Hispanics in all systems, where possible, to provide samples of a size adequate for detailed analysis of Hispanic subpopulation groups, for support of researchers and a Hispanic research infrastructure, and for broad dissemination of data findings, including dissemination in useful formats to Hispanic community-based organizations.
作者们对美国卫生与公众服务部（DHHS）的21个主要健康数据系统进行了研究，得出结论：西班牙裔的数据未被纳入该部门的几个全国性健康数据收集系统，而且即便收集了，在少数系统中才能找到有关西班牙裔亚人群体的数据。在这21个数据系统中，有6个不收集西班牙裔人口数据，包括医疗保险统计系统。仅发现国家生命统计系统收集所有主要西班牙裔亚人群体的数据。这21个数据系统中有17个没有收集足够的样本量来分析四个主要西班牙裔亚人群体中的任何一个。为解决这一不足，西班牙裔健康领导议程建议尽可能在所有系统中收集西班牙裔的数据，以提供足够规模的样本，用于对西班牙裔亚人群体进行详细分析、支持研究人员和建立西班牙裔研究基础设施，并广泛传播数据结果，包括以有用的格式传播给以西班牙裔社区为基础的组织。
