Racial/ethnic residential segregation and the availability of opioid and substance use treatment facilities in US counties, 2009-2019.

ABSTRACT: Deaths due to synthetic opioids have increased at higher rates for Blacks and Hispanics than for Whites in the last decade. Meanwhile, Blacks and Hispanics experience lower opioid treatment rates and have less availability of medication-assisted treatment (MAT) via office-based buprenorphine in their counties compared to Whites. Racial/ethnic residential segregation is a recognized barrier to equal availability of MAT, but little is known about how such segregation is associated with opioid and substance use treatment availability over time and across Census regions and urban-rural lines. We combined data from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services for 2009, 2014, and 2019 with the 5-year American Community Surv

SUBMITTER: DiNardi M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9706616 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature