More than three years into the pandemic, our understanding of the extent of COVID-19’s impact on Black and brown communities remains incomplete due to a lack of federal data on race and ethnicity.
at the University of Connecticut, says that collection of racial and ethnicity data in the U.S. is becoming more important than in other cultures and countries.
To reduce missing data, it becomes important that public health and providers restore some of that trust by providing patients with the information they need to understand why those details are being asked of them in the first place. “I think the best way forward is to have the actual data collected… that’s our first choice,” Shah said. “In the absence of that, though, these are tools we can use to fill in some of those gaps.” “I don’t think COVID is the [main] reason for missing race and ethnicity, I think the way it’s being collected in this country is flawed,” said , professor of statistics and associate dean for research at the University of Connecticut.
New York state’s percentage of missing race and ethnicity case data was dropping until around fall 2021 when missing data It was at that time that Quinn said the department started focusing their case investigations on cases that were in congregate settings or more like high-risk locations.
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