Objectives. We investigated the extent to which racial/ethnic disparities in prison and
diversion to drug treatment were explained by current arrest and criminal history …

Background Research has documented racial and ethnic disparities in utilization, access,
continuity, and quality of care for psychiatric disorders including treatment for substance use …

Introduction. The ability to track improvement against racial/ethnic disparities in mental
health care is hindered by the varying methods and disparity definitions used in previous …

Background National studies have documented that Latinos are less likely to use specialty
substance abuse treatment (eg, rehabilitation programs, in/out-patient services) than other …

Background Health insurance coverage and quality of care are common factors believed to
improve access for and retention of racial and ethnic minority groups in health care …

This study examined variations by race and ethnicity in initiation and engagement, two
performance measures of treatment for substance use disorders that focus on the timely …

In response to the Surgeon General's request for more research on racial disparities in
mental health care, especially research that includes high-need populations (eg, the …

Background The goal of this systematic literature review was to enhance understanding of
substance use, service use, and treatment among Latino subgroups to improve access to …

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 …

Objective: This study compared trends in racial-ethnic disparities in mental health care
access among whites, blacks, Hispanics, and Asians by using the Institute of Medicine …