[HTML][HTML] How is the COVID-19 pandemic shaping transportation access to health care?

KL Chen, M Brozen, JE Rollman, T Ward… - Transportation Research …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) pandemic has disrupted both
transportation and health systems. While about 40% of Americans have delayed seeking …

Use of medication for opioid use disorder among US adolescents and adults with need for opioid treatment, 2019

PM Mauro, S Gutkind, EM Annunziato… - JAMA network …, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) is the criterion standard treatment for
opioid use disorder (OUD), but nationally representative studies of MOUD use in the US are …

The opioid crisis in black communities

K James, A Jordan - The Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
While much of the social and political attention surrounding the nationwide opioid epidemic
has focused on the dramatic increase in overdose deaths among white, middle-class …

Trends in receipt of buprenorphine and naltrexone for opioid use disorder among adolescents and young adults, 2001-2014

SE Hadland, JF Wharam, MA Schuster, F Zhang… - JAMA …, 2017 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Opioid use disorder (OUD) frequently begins in adolescence and young
adulthood. Intervening early with pharmacotherapy is recommended by major professional …

Blacks and Hispanics are less likely than whites to complete addiction treatment, largely due to socioeconomic factors

B Saloner, BL Cook - Health affairs, 2013 - healthaffairs.org
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Racial/ethnic disparities in mutual help group participation for substance use problems

SE Zemore, PA Gilbert, M Pinedo… - Alcohol research …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Mutual help groups are a ubiquitous component of the substance abuse treatment system in
the United States, showing demonstrated effectiveness as a treatment adjunct; so, it is …

A heavy burden: the cardiovascular health consequences of having a family member incarcerated

H Lee, C Wildeman, EA Wang… - … journal of public …, 2014 - ajph.aphapublications.org
Objectives. We examined the association of family member incarceration with
cardiovascular risk factors and disease by gender. Methods. We used a sample of 5470 …

A current re-examination of racial/ethnic disparities in the use of substance abuse treatment: Do disparities persist?

M Pinedo - Drug and alcohol dependence, 2019 - Elsevier
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 …

Race/ethnicity and geographic access to Medicaid substance use disorder treatment facilities in the United States

JR Cummings, H Wen, M Ko, BG Druss - JAMA psychiatry, 2014 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Although substance use disorders (SUDs) are prevalent and associated with
adverse consequences, treatment rates remain low. Unlike physical and mental health …

A population-based examination of trends and disparities in medication treatment for opioid use disorders among Medicaid enrollees

BD Stein, AW Dick, M Sorbero, AJ Gordon… - Substance …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Medication treatment (MT) with methadone and buprenorphine are effective
treatments for opioid use disorders, but little information is available regarding the extent to …