Trends in Missing Race and Ethnicity Information After Imputation in HealthCare.gov Marketplace Enrollment Data, 2015–2021

D. Keith Branham, Kenneth Finegold, Lucy Chen, Melony E. Sorbero, Roald Euller, Marc N. Elliott, Benjamin D. Sommers

ResearchPosted on rand.org Jun 24, 2022Published in: JAMA Network Open, Volume 5, No. 6, e2216715 (June 2022). doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.16715

Demographic characteristics of Marketplace enrollees can inform health equity policy and research. However, more than 30% of HealthCare.gov enrollees do not report race and ethnicity. This cross-sectional study uses imputation to describe HealthCare.gov enrollment data and assess patterns of missing enrollee race and ethnicity.

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  • Publisher: JAMA Network
  • Availability: Non-RAND
  • Year: 2022
  • Pages: 3
  • Document Number: EP-68953

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