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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Dec 28.
Published in final edited form as: J Registry Manag. 2009 Winter;36(4):105–110.

Table 3.

Odds Ratios (OR) and 95% Confidence Intervals (CI) of Staff Position on Selected Hospital Practices in the Collection of Data on Race/Ethnicity, Birthplace, and Socioeconomic Status in the San Francisco Bay Area, 2002–2003

Staff Position1 Response = Yes (n) Response = No (n) OR2 95% CI2
Hospital “always” collects race/ethnicity?3
 Directors4 34 5 1.00 –
 Hospital admin. + chief of staff or other physician 10 6 0.24 0.07–0.89
 Nurse 27 5 0.77 0.22–2.70
 Admissions clerk 38 4 1.20 0.38–3.79
 Other personnel5 8 3 0.34 0.08–1.53
Procedures exist for recording multiple race?6
 Directors4 6 27 1.00 –
 Hospital admin. + chief of staff or other physician + other staff 1 14 0.69 0.07–6.57
 Nurse 1 8 0.55 0.05–5.81
 Admissions clerk 12 24 2.56 0.87–7.52
Hospital “always/sometimes” collects birthplace?
 Directors4 20 15 1.00 –
 Hospital admin. + chief of staff or other physician 8 5 1.13 0.35–3.61
 Nurse 17 11 1.45 0.77–2.74
 Admissions clerk 20 17 1.32 0.70–2.48
 Other personnel5 8 2 3.33 1.05–10.53
1

Referent category = hospital administrator + chief of staff or other physician

2

OR for positive response, adjusted for clustering effect within hospitals using exchangeable covariance matrix in generalized estimation equations (GEE)

3

Yes = “Always”, No = “Sometimes”/”Never”

4

Includes director of registrations/admissions, director of medical records, and director of outpatient services

5

Other personnel = other personnel, not specified; medical affairs; privacy official; regulatory compliance; certified tumor registrar

6

Yes = “Always”/”Sometimes”, No = “Never”