Objective: Among persons with substance use disorders, those from racial-ethnic minority
groups have been found to receive substance abuse treatment at rates equal to or higher …

Objective Racial/ethnic disparities in the use of substance abuse treatment services have
been documented. The objective of this study was to re-examine if racial/ethnic disparities in …

More than one-third of the approximately two million people entering publicly funded
substance abuse treatment in the United States do not complete treatment. Additionally …

Health disparity is a significant problem in the United States, and particularly for substance
abuse treatment programs. A better understanding of racial differences in treatment …

Objective: A limited literature on racial/ethnic disparities in the treatment of substance use
disorders suggests that quality of treatment may differ based on client's race/ethnicity. This …

Background Racial/ethnic disparities exist at many levels of substance use disorder (SUD)
treatment and recovery, reflecting biological and socioeconomic factors. However …

Objective The current study examined the role of perceived treatment need in explaining
racial/ethnic disparities in treatment utilization for a substance use disorder (SUD). Methods …

Background Treatment for drug use disorders (DUD) can be effective, but only a small
proportion of people with DUD seek or receive treatment. Research on racial and ethnic …

Objective To evaluate disparities in substance abuse treatment completion between and
within racial and ethnic groups in publicly funded treatment in L os A ngeles C ounty, C …

A secondary dataset, Collaborative Psychiatric Epidemiology Surveys (CPES), 2001–2003,
was employed to examine racial/ethnic differences in access to specialty and non-specialty …