ArticleDrug and alcohol dependence2016
Buprenorphine and methadone treatment for opioid dependence by income, ethnicity and race of neighborhoods in New York City.
Article in Drug and alcohol dependence, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 104 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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104 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 193 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pooled it
- An Evaluation of Opioid Use in Black Communities: A Rapid Review of the Literature.Harvard review of psychiatryPooled it
- Co-treating opioid and alcohol use disorders in the United States, 1960-2026: A historical policy review in the glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) era.Drug and alcohol dependence reports · 2026Review
- Using structured analysis and design technique to characterize barriers and facilitators to outpatient care coordination after emergency department-initiated buprenorphine.Journal of substance use and addiction treatment · 2026Article
- Travel Time to Methadone Treatment Via Personal Vehicle vs Public Transit.JAMA network open · 2026Article
- Mental health behaviors and suicide risk among White and Black adults with Opioid Use Disorder.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2025Article
- Differential Changes in Use of Medications for Opioid Use Disorder by Race-Ethnicity: Effects of a Hub-and-Spoke Model.Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) · 2025Article
- Expanding buprenorphine prescribing in primary care: a qualitative study of the experiences of primary care providers and nurse care managers participating in the New York City buprenorphine nurse care manager initiative.Harm reduction journal · 2025Article
- Receipt of Buprenorphine and Naltrexone for Opioid Use Disorder by Race and Ethnicity and Insurance Type.JAMA network open · 2025Article
- Medicaid Patients With ED Visits For Overdose: Disparities In Initiation Of Medications For Opioid Use Disorder.Health affairs (Project Hope) · 2025Article
- Rates of Receiving Medication for Opioid Use Disorder and Opioid Overdose Deaths During the Early Synthetic Opioid Crisis: A County-level Analysis.Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2025Article
- A Scoping Review of the Utilization of Opioid Use Treatment, Harm Reduction, and Culturally Tailored Interventions Among Racial/Ethnic Minorities in the United States.International journal of mental health and addiction · 2025Article
- How Racialized Approaches to Opioid Use Disorder and Opioid Misuse Management Hamper Pharmacoequity for Cancer Pain.Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology · 2025Article
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- Medicaid expansion and medications to treat opioid use disorder in outpatient specialty care from 2010 to 2020.Journal of substance use and addiction treatment · 2025Article
- State Medicaid Policies Governing Access to Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) and MOUD Treatment Use in a Large Sample of People Who Inject Drugs in 20 U.S. States.Substance use & misuse · 2025Article
- Chronic pain among primary fentanyl users: The concept of self-medication.European journal of pain (London, England) · 2025Article
- Spatial Patterns of Delivery Hospitalizations with Opioid Use Disorder in Pennsylvania.Substance use & misuse · 2025Article
- Knowledge, experiences, and perceptions of medications for opioid use disorder among Black Kentuckians.Annals of medicine · 2024Article
- The role of recovery peer navigators in retention in outpatient buprenorphine treatment: a retrospective cohort study.Annals of medicine · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundGeographic and demographic variation in buprenorphine and methadone treatment use in U.S. cities has not been assessed. Identifying variance in opioid maintenance is essential to improving treatment access and equity. PURPOSE: To examine the differential uptake of buprenorphine treatment in comparison to methadone treatment between 2004 and 2013 in neighborhoods in New York City characterized by income, race and ethnicity.
methodsSocial area (SA) analysis of residential zip codes of methadone and buprenorphine patients in NYC, which aggregated zip codes into five social areas with similar percentages of residents below poverty, identifying as Black non-Hispanic and as Hispanic, to examine whether treatment rates differed significantly among social areas over time. For each rate, mixed model analyses of variance were run with fixed effects for social area, year and the interaction of social area by year.
resultsBuprenorphine treatment increased in all social areas over time with a significantly higher rate of increase in the social area with the highest income and the lowest percentage of Black, Hispanic, and low-income residents. Methadone treatment decreased slightly in all social areas until 2011 and then increased bringing rates back to 2004 levels. Treatment patterns varied by social area.
conclusionsBuprenorphine treatment rates are increasing in all social areas, with slower uptake in moderate income mixed ethnicity areas. Methadone rates have remained stable over time. Targeted investments to promote public sector buprenorphine prescription may be necessary to reduce disparities in buprenorphine treatment and to realize its potential as a public health measure.
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