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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Med Care. 2020 Jan;58(1):e1–e8. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000001216

Table 5.

Comparison of agreement and validity measures for EDB and RTI race with prior studies.

Administrative Data
EDB RTI
Author(s) Year Reference Sample Size Race Sensitivity Specificity PPV Kappa Sensitivity Specificity PPV Kappa
Waldo 1998–2001 1998-2001 32,038 White 96.5 88.2 98.2 0.81
MCBS 32,038 Black 95.6 99.6 96.5 0.96
AAPI 54.0 99.8 70.0 0.61
Hispanic 35.7 99.9 97.5 0.50
AIAN 20.6 99.9 69.5 0.32
Eicheldinger & Bonito 2003 2000–2002 830,728 White 99.3 61.7 91.7 0.71 - - - -
CAHPS Black 97.4 98.8 86.3 0.91 - - - -
AAPI 54.7 99.8 84.5 0.66 79.2 99.7 81.5 0.80
Hispanic 29.5 99.9 92.7 0.43 76.6 99.2 84.5 0.79
AIAN 35.7 99.9 59.9 0.45 - - - -
[This study] 2015 2015 4,231,370 White 97.9 79.6 94.4 0.81 96.9 95.5 98.7 0.90
OASIS Black 97.0 99.2 94.8 0.95 96.7 99.4 95.9 0.96
AAPI 62.6 99.8 84.2 0.71 74.7 99.6 81.1 0.77
Hispanic 36.2 99.8 92.2 0.50 90.8 98.7 84.8 0.87
AIAN 43.2 99.8 46.1 0.44 43.0 99.8 46.7 0.45

Abbreviations: AAPI = Pacific Islanders; AIAN = American Indians / Alaskan Natives