Racial/ethnic differences in initiation of and engagement with addictions treatment among patients with alcohol use disorders in the veterans health administration

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• 作者：Kara M. Bensley ; M.Sc.^a ; ^b ; ^{kbensley@uw.edu} ; Alex H.S. Harris ; Ph.D.^c ; ^{Alexander.Harris2@va.gov} ; Shalini Gupta ; M.S.^c ; ^{Shalini.Gupta2@va.gov} ; Anna D. Rubinsky ; Ph.D. ; M.S.^c ; ^{Anna.Rubinsky@va.gov} ; Rhonda Jones-Webb ; Dr.P.H.^d ; ^{jones010@umn.edu} ; Joseph E. Glass ; Ph.D. ; M.S.W.^e ; ^{jglass2@wisc.edu} ; Emily C. Williams ; Ph.D. ; M.P.H.^a ; ^b ; ^{Emily.Williams3@va.gov}
• 关键词：Treatment ; Alcohol use disorder ; Race ; Ethnicity ; Utilization ; veterans
• 刊名：Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：73
• 期：Complete
• 页码：27-34
• 全文大小：288 K
• 卷排序：73

文摘

We assessed if odds of treatment utilization differed between races/ethnicities. We found that Black patients had higher odds of initiation and engagement than Whites. We found Hispanic patients had higher odds of initiation relative to Whites. Future research is needed to understand mechanisms underlying observed differences.