Modeling the Potential Impact of Missing Race and Ethnicity Data in Infectious Disease Surveillance Systems on Disparity Measures: Scenario Analysis of Different Imputation Strategies

Bahareh Ansari   ^{1, 2} , MA, PhD ;   Rachel Hart-Malloy   ^{2, 3, 4} , MPH, PhD ;   Eli S Rosenberg   ^{2, 3, 4} , PhD ;   Monica Trigg   ⁵ , MPH ;   Erika G Martin   ^{2, 6} , MPH, PhD

¹ Center for Policy Research, Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, University at Albany, Albany, NY, United States

² Center for Collaborative HIV Research in Practice and Policy, School of Public Health, University at Albany, Albany, NY, United States

³ New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY, United States

⁴ Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University at Albany, Albany, NY, United States

⁵ Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States

⁶ Department of Public Administration and Policy, Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, University at Albany, Albany, NY, United States