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ArticleJournal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA2019

Social determinants of health in mental health care and research: a case for greater inclusion.

Joseph J Deferio, Scott Breitinger, Dhruv Khullar, Amit Sheth, Jyotishman Pathak

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Article in Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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26citing papers in PubMed
3.7field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed, 62 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Joseph J DeferioDepartment of Healthcare Policy and Research, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, USA.
Scott BreitingerDepartment of Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, USA.
Dhruv KhullarDepartment of Healthcare Policy and Research, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, USA.
Amit ShethOhio Center of Excellence in Knowledge-enabled Computing (Kno.e.sis), Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio, USA.
Jyotishman PathakDepartment of Healthcare Policy and Research, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, USA.
Cornell University · USWeill Cornell Medicine · USWright State University · US

Funding

Modeling Social Behavior for Healthcare Utilization in DepressionR01MH105384 · NIMH · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI PATHAK, JYOTISHMAN, SHETH, AMIT P · 2015 to 2018
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NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH105384
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Social determinants of health (SDOH) are known to influence mental health outcomes, which are independent risk factors for poor health status and physical illness. Currently, however, existing SDOH data collection methods are ad hoc and inadequate, and SDOH data are not systematically included in clinical research or used to inform patient care. Social contextual data are rarely captured prospectively in a structured and comprehensive manner, leaving large knowledge gaps. Extraction methods are now being developed to facilitate the collection, standardization, and integration of SDOH data into electronic health records. If successful, these efforts may have implications for health equity, such as reducing disparities in access and outcomes. Broader use of surveys, natural language processing, and machine learning methods to harness SDOH may help researchers and clinical teams reduce barriers to mental health care.

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Biomedical ResearchHealth EquityMental HealthSocial Determinants of HealthData CollectionElectronic Health RecordsHealthcare DisparitiesHumansMachine LearningMental DisordersNatural Language Processing

Identifiers

PMID31329877
PMCPMC6696493
OpenAlexW2941507202

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