Inequities in Opioid Administration by Race and Ethnicity for Hospitalized Patients With and Without Substance Use Disorders.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Adequate pain management is challenging in patients with substance use disorders, particularly those from racial/ethnic minority groups who face intersecting biases.

Objective

To investigate inequities in pain management for racial/ethnic minority groups with and without concurrent substance use disorders.

Design

Retrospective cohort study from 2021 to 2022 on an acute care general medicine service at UCSF Medical Center.

Participants

All adults ≥ 18 years old.

Exposures

Primary exposure was the patient's self-identified race/ethnicity (Asian, Black or African American, Latino, Multi-Race/Ethnicity, Native American or Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, Southwest Asian or North African, White, Other, and Unknown/Declined).

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SUBMITTER: Rambachan A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12463787 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature