PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Aimee R. Eden
AU  - Melina K. Taylor
AU  - Ting Wang
AU  - Emmeline Ha
TI  - Family Physician Racial Identity: An Analysis of “Other” Race Selection and Implications for Future Data Collection
AID  - 10.3122/jabfm.2022.05.220024
DP  - 2022 Oct 18
TA  - The Journal of the American Board of Family
                Medicine
PG  - 1030--1031
VI  - 35
IP  - 5
4099  - http://www.jabfm.org/content/35/5/1030.short
4100  - http://www.jabfm.org/content/35/5/1030.full
SO  - J Am Board Fam Med2022 Oct 18; 35
AB  - Family physicians who report their race as “Other” in a single best option question find the existing categories and forced choice of one category to be problematic. Our analysis of open-text responses in the “Other” race category supports a modification in the way these data are collected to provide more accurate and meaningful ways to understand the workforce and move toward more diverse, equitable, and inclusive policies in family medicine.