Should quality data be collected by race, ethnicity?
Most quality improvement leaders do not link disparities and QI initiatives and do not measure for disparities, according to study. Equity of care is one of the six domains of quality identified by the Institute of Medicine. At least one state now mandates collection of quality data according to race and ethnicity.
D003625:Data Collection; D032984:Ethics, Research; D005006:Ethnicity; D006801:Humans; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000941:ethics*; D044469:Racial Groups; D014481:United States