Black Patients Less Likely to Receive Treatment Referrals After Opioid Overdose
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New studies find wide racial disparities in opioid overdose treatment
A study published Wednesday in the medical journal JAMA Network Open found that emergency room clinicians were much less likely to refer Black opioid overdose patients for outpatient treatment compared with white patients. The researchers looked at the medical records…
Black Patients Less Likely to Receive Treatment Referrals After Opioid Overdose
(MedPage Today) -- Referrals for outpatient treatment after a suspected opioid overdose ranged from 8% to 44%, and Black patients were less likely to receive such a referral versus white patients, according to a secondary analysis of a prospective...
·New York, United States
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Leaning Left7Leaning Right0Center1Last UpdatedBias Distribution88% Left
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