Comparing imputation approaches for immigration status in <scp>ED</scp> visits: Implications for using electronic medical records
Researchers should consider expanding EHR with administrative data when studying the undocumented patient population and may prefer a logical approach to estimate immigration status. Researchers who rely on payer status alone (i.e., restricted Medicaid) as a proxy for undocumented immigrants in EHR should consider how this may bias their results. As Medicaid expands for undocumented immigrants, statistical assignment may become the preferred method.
Authors
- Annie E. Ro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9684-5566)
- Todd W. Schneberk (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1642-2075)
- Sarah Axeen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1538-0013)
- A. Gorman
Institutions
- University of Southern California (US)
- Los Angeles County Department of Health Services (US)
- University of California, Irvine (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Health Services Research
- Published
- 2024-11-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6773.14397
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.20
Funders
- Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics
- National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities