Decline In Public Substance Use Disorder Treatment Centers Most Serious In Counties With High Shares Of Black Residents.

ABSTRACT: Previous research has associated declines in health care resources such as hospitals and trauma centers with communities' racial composition. However, little is known about changes in the substance use disorder treatment infrastructure in recent years and the implications for black communities. We used data for the period 2002-10 from the National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services to describe changes in the supply of public and private outpatient facilities for substance use disorder treatment, and to determine whether these trends had implications for the geographical availability of these facilities in counties with high percentages of black residents. During the study period the number of publicly owned facilities declined 17.2 percent, whereas the number of private for-profi

SUBMITTER: Cummings JR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5019357 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature