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Imputing Missing Race/Ethnicity in Pediatric Electronic Health Records: Reducing Bias with Use of U.S. Census Location and Surname Data |
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| Authors: | Robert W Grundmeier Lihai Song Mark J Ramos Alexander G Fiks Marc N Elliott Allen Fremont Wilson Pace Richard C Wasserman Russell Localio |
| Affiliation: | 1. The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA;2. RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA;3. DARTNet Institute, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO;4. University of Vermont, Burlington, VT;5. Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA |
| Abstract: | ObjectiveTo assess the utility of imputing race/ethnicity using U.S. Census race/ethnicity, residential address, and surname information compared to standard missing data methods in a pediatric cohort.ConclusionsThe new method reduces bias when race/ethnicity is partially, nonrandomly missing. |
| Keywords: | Multiple imputation U.S. Census location and surname data race and ethnicity health disparities |