@article{94921,
  keywords = {Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Medicine},
  author = {Khunti K and Routen A and Banerjee A and Pareek M},
  title = {The need for improved collection and coding of ethnicity in health research},
  abstract = {Coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) has exposed the need for improved collection and coding of ethnicity, despite years of debate on the issue.1,2 A review found only 7% of Covid-19 research papers and surveillance reports presented ethnicity-disaggregated data.3 Complete, detailed and accurate ethnicity data are required for clinicians, researchers and policy makers to further examine outcomes and their causes, and manage healthcare needs related to Covid-19 in ethnic minority populations.<br>

<br>The completeness of ethnicity data within healthcare and routine databases has been poor historically. For example, only 27% of patients in Clinical Practice Research Datalink had ethnicity recorded between 1990 and 2012....},
  year = {2020},
  journal = {Journal of Public Health},
  publisher = {Oxford University Press (OUP)},
  issn = {1741-3842, 1741-3850},
  doi = {10.1093/pubmed/fdaa198},
  language = {eng},
}