Graber Et Al. Respond

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ID11022671
AuthorsJudith M Graber (0000-0003-2981-4289, Judith M. Graber is with the Environmental Health Unit, Maine Bureau of Health, Augusta, Maine. Brenda E. Corkum, Nancy Sonnenfeld, and Paul L. Kuehnert are with the Maine Department of Health and Human Services, Maine Bureau of Health, Augusta. Nancy Sonnenfeld is also with the University of Southern Maine, Portland.), Brenda E Corkum (Judith M. Graber is with the Environmental Health Unit, Maine Bureau of Health, Augusta, Maine. Brenda E. Corkum, Nancy Sonnenfeld, and Paul L. Kuehnert are with the Maine Department of Health and Human Services, Maine Bureau of Health, Augusta. Nancy Sonnenfeld is also with the University of Southern Maine, Portland.), Nancy Sonnenfeld (Judith M. Graber is with the Environmental Health Unit, Maine Bureau of Health, Augusta, Maine. Brenda E. Corkum, Nancy Sonnenfeld, and Paul L. Kuehnert are with the Maine Department of Health and Human Services, Maine Bureau of Health, Augusta. Nancy Sonnenfeld is also with the University of Southern Maine, Portland.), Paul L Kuehnert (Judith M. Graber is with the Environmental Health Unit, Maine Bureau of Health, Augusta, Maine. Brenda E. Corkum, Nancy Sonnenfeld, and Paul L. Kuehnert are with the Maine Department of Health and Human Services, Maine Bureau of Health, Augusta. Nancy Sonnenfeld is also with the University of Southern Maine, Portland.), Paul Kuehnert (0000-0001-5894-3085, State of Maine Department of Health and Human Services)
Year2005
Volume95
Issue10
Pages1674-1674
Publication date2005-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2005.072751
OpenAlexW2083465244
LanguageEN
References cited4

My colleagues and I thank Rosenberg for his comments and interpretation regarding our work on the deterioration of American Indian mortality statistics in Maine. Rosenberg cites improvements made by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) in processing procedures for race-specific data. Undoubtedly these new procedures have improved the overall quality of race coding. However, these procedures involve the systematic review and editing of electronic records, which have already undergone data entry. These procedures would not address the problem associated with data entry that we documented

Environmental health · Healthcare Policy and Management · Medicine · Primary Care and Health Outcomes · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research

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