Background Opioid use and opioid-related overdose continue to rise among racial/ethnic
minorities. Social determinants of health negatively impact these communities, possibly …

BACKGROUND: The objective was to analyze disparities in unmet need for substance use
treatment and to observe variation across different definitions of need for treatment …

Racial and ethnic disparities in alcoholism treatment may exist with respect to treatment
need as well as access to, appropriateness, and quality of care. For any given level of …

This research investigates racial and ethnic disparities in outpatient substance use disorder
treatment completion and duration in treatment, for different substances, across the US …

OBJECTIVE: Recent policy has focused on documenting and reducing ethnic disparities in
availability and quality of health care. The authors examined differences by ethnic status in …

Background This study was an exploratory investigation of state-level minority disparities in
successfully completing outpatient treatment, a major objective for attending substance …

Objective: This study sought to determine whether black/white disparities in service
utilization for mental health and substance use disorders persist or are diminished among …

Background The present study examined racial/ethnic disparities in initial treatment episode
completion for adult clients reporting opioids as their primary problem substance in large US …

This study investigates the relationship between discrimination and substance abuse among
Latina/os, and further examines whether this relationship differs by gender and type of …

Objectives. To examine sex and racial/ethnic differences in the prevalence of 9 substance-
use disorders (SUDs)—alcohol, marijuana, cocaine, hallucinogen or PCP, opiate …