Emergency room registrar vs census enumerator

The differences between emergency room registrars and census enumerators can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 1-2 years to become both an emergency room registrar and a census enumerator. Additionally, a census enumerator has an average salary of $39,863, which is higher than the $33,811 average annual salary of an emergency room registrar.

The top three skills for an emergency room registrar include patients, medical terminology and insurance verification. The most important skills for a census enumerator are confidentiality laws, conduct interviews, and GPS.

Emergency room registrar vs census enumerator overview

	Emergency Room Registrar	Census Enumerator
Yearly salary	$33,811	$39,863
Hourly rate	$16.26	$19.16
Growth rate	-	-
Number of jobs	101,528	414
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 38%	Bachelor's Degree, 49%
Average age	42	42
Years of experience	2	2

Emergency room registrar vs census enumerator salary

Emergency room registrars and census enumerators have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Emergency Room Registrar	Census Enumerator
Average salary	$33,811	$39,863
Salary range	Between $26,000 And $43,000	Between $22,000 And $69,000
Highest paying City	-	-
Highest paying state	-	-
Best paying company	-	-
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Differences between emergency room registrar and census enumerator education

There are a few differences between an emergency room registrar and a census enumerator in terms of educational background:

	Emergency Room Registrar	Census Enumerator
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 38%	Bachelor's Degree, 49%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	Stanford University

Emergency room registrar vs census enumerator demographics

Here are the differences between emergency room registrars' and census enumerators' demographics:

	Emergency Room Registrar	Census Enumerator
Average age	42	42
Gender ratio	Male, 14.9% Female, 85.1%	Male, 49.7% Female, 50.3%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 12.7% Unknown, 5.4% Hispanic or Latino, 22.4% Asian, 4.7% White, 53.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.0%	Black or African American, 13.2% Unknown, 5.4% Hispanic or Latino, 21.0% Asian, 5.2% White, 54.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.0%
LGBT Percentage	9%	9%

Differences between emergency room registrar and census enumerator duties and responsibilities

Emergency room registrar example responsibilities.

Manage Medicare, Medicaid environment and third party reimbursements.
Maintain direct involvement in interviewing patients and gathering demographic data and account information, as well as in validating insurance coverage.
Complete paperwork and enter all info into MediTech database.
Handle all patient information according to NYSDOH according to HIPPA compliance.
Register patients for walk-in lab and x-ray utilizing ICD9 and CPT coding.
Maintain data accuracy in MEDITECH to provide quality assurance and financial process in order to have prompt collections.

Census enumerator example responsibilities.

Lead territory HUD quality control study of rent calculations.
Compile statistical data using U.S. Government GPS and computerize system.
Utilize hand hold GPS computer to draft newly create roads and neighborhoods for public record.
Conduct quality reviews of census enumerators submissions, help with challenging interviews.
Select to work on subsequent quality control operation along with other top enumerators.
Conduct in-person screening/interviewing of different individuals of all age groups in select households using computer assist personal interviewing (CAPI).

Emergency room registrar vs census enumerator skills

Common emergency room registrar skills

Patients, 43%
Medical Terminology, 5%
Insurance Verification, 5%
Customer Service, 4%
Patient Care, 4%
Data Entry, 3%

Common census enumerator skills

Confidentiality Laws, 16%
Conduct Interviews, 13%
GPS, 10%
Accuracy Standards, 9%
Data Collection, 7%
Quality Control Results, 7%

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