Is Childcare Availability in Addiction Treatment Associated with County-Level Childcare Prices and Median Income in the United States?

ABSTRACT:

Background

When parents or other guardians of children need treatment for a substance use disorder, it presents challenges impacting both them and their children, as a lack of childcare can be a barrier to treatment access. However, some treatment facilities provide childcare services to increase access. Little is known about how local economic factors like childcare costs and income levels are associated with the availability of childcare services in addiction treatment programs in the United States.

Objectives

This study's objectives were twofold: (1) assess whether county-level childcare prices are associated with the availability of childcare services in substance use disorder treatment facilities, and (2) assess whether county-level median household income is associated

SUBMITTER: Ware OD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12708984 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature