Hospital Addiction Medicine Consultation Service Orders and Outcomes by Patient Race and Ethnicity in an Urban, Safety-Net Hospital.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hospital admissions involving substance use disorders are increasing and represent an opportunity to engage patients in substance use treatment. Addiction medicine consultation services improve access to medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) and patient outcomes. However, as hospitals continue to adopt addiction medicine consultation services it is important to identify where disparities may emerge in the process of care.

Objective

To describe addiction medicine consultation service use by race and ethnicity as well as substance to identify opportunities to reduce substance use treatment disparities.

Design

Retrospective cohort study using 2016-2021 Electronic Health Record data from a large Midwest safety-net hospital.

Participants

Hospitalized

SUBMITTER: Lindsay AR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10853106 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature