Effect of nurse reminder on depression screening rates in racial/ethnic minorities.
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.
Schnall
Rebecca
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School of Nursing, Columbia University, NY, NY, USA.
Currie
Leanne M
LM
Jia
Haomiao
H
John
Ritamarie
R
John
Rita Marie
RM
Lee
Nam-Ju
NJ
Velez
Olivia
O
Bakken
Suzanne
S
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*