Intersectional disparities in outpatient alcohol treatment completion by gender and race and ethnicity.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Untreated alcohol use disorder (AUD) can have negative outcomes, including premature death. Completing specialty treatment for AUD can improve economic and educational outcomes. However, there are large racial and ethnic disparities in treatment completion, and how these disparities vary intersectionally (e.g., by gender and race and ethnicity) is unknown. Recent studies suggest that not using an intersectional approach can mask important disparities. We estimated disparities in AUD nonintensive outpatient treatment completion by gender alone, race and ethnicity alone, and intersectionally in a gender-by-race-and-ethnicity model. Accurately quantifying treatment completion disparities is critical not only for understanding healthcare disparities but reducing them to adva

SUBMITTER: Delk J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10922739 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature