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Recommended Staff Script for Collecting R/E and Tribal Affiliation Data

RECOMMENDED STAFF SCRIPT FOR COLLECTING RACE, ETHNICITY & TRIBAL AFFILIATION DATA

Why we are collecting race, ethnicity and tribal affiliation data:

Always provide patients with the rationale for why we are collecting race, ethnicity and tribal affiliation data: "We want to make sure that all of our patients get the best care possible. We would like you to tell us your racial and ethnic background and tribe, if any, so that we can review the treatment that all patients receive and make sure that everyone gets the highest quality of care."

How to ask questions about patient race, ethnicity and tribal affiliation:


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Internet Citation: Recommended Staff Script for Collecting R/E and Tribal Affiliation Data. Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP). July 2014. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/datainnovations/raceethnicitytoolkit/nm26.jsp.
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