title: Effect of nurse reminder on depression screening rates in racial/ethnic minorities.
abstract: We analyzed a set of clinical encounters (n=4,160) in which nurses received a reminder to screen for depression. Patients who were African-American or Hispanic were less likely to be screened as were those with Medicaid or Medicare insurance.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Columbia University, NY, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Rebecca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schnall
authors.forename: Leanne M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Currie
authors.forename: Haomiao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jia
authors.forename: Ritamarie
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: John
authors.forename: Rita Marie
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: John
authors.forename: Nam-Ju
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Olivia
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Velez
authors.forename: Suzanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bakken
mesh_terms: D015982:Bias; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000451:nursing*; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008913:Minority Groups / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009518:New York; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D057184:Practice Patterns, Nurses'; D044469:Racial Groups / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017010:Reminder Systems / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*