ArticleInnovation in aging2020
Racial Disparities in Substance Use Treatment Completion Among Older Adults.
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- A systematic meta-epidemiologic review on nonabstinence-inclusive interventions for substance use: inclusion of race/ethnicity and sex assigned at birth/gender.The American journal of drug and alcohol abuse · 2024Pooled it
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- Supporting older-adult behavioral health: building the first state Center of Excellence for Behavioral Health and Aging.Health affairs scholar · 2025Review
- Racial Disparities in Outpatient Substance Use Disorder Treatment Completion: Trends and Changes from 2004 to 2024.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Systematic Review of Cocaine-Treatment Interventions for Black Americans.Clinical psychological science : a journal of the Association for Psychological Science · 2025Article
- Rising Trend of Substance Abuse Among Older Adults: A Review Focusing on Screening and Management.Cureus · 2024Review
- Substance use disorders and disparities in hispanic and non-hispanic older adults.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2024Article
- Risk factors of substance use treatment gaps among a nationally representative sample of black American adults in relation to sexual minority status and health insurance coverage.BMC psychology · 2024Article
- Alcohol and cannabis co-use in a national sample of U.S. adults ages 30-80.Addictive behaviors · 2023Article
- Equine-assisted services for individuals with substance use disorders: a scoping review.Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy · 2022Article
- Five-Year Cardiovascular Outcomes after Infective Endocarditis in Patients with versus without Drug Use History.Journal of personalized medicine · 2022Article
- Racial/Ethnic Differences in 30-Year Trajectories of Cannabis Use among Males.Substance use & misuse · 2021Article
- Demographic and Clinical Correlates of Treatment Completion among Older Adults with Heroin and Prescription Opioid Use Disorders.Journal of psychoactive drugsArticle
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
objectivesRacial disparities in substance use among young adults have been well documented in the substance use literature, but little attention has been paid to older adults. While being an older adult is positively associated with substance use treatment completion, racial disparities in treatment completion have yet to be examined. The purpose of this study was to determine to what extent racial disparities exist in substance use treatment completion among older adults (65 and older). RESEARCH DESIGN AND
methodsThis cross-sectional study utilized data from the most recent Treatment Episode Data from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, which documents discharges from a publicly funded substance use treatment program in the United States. A total of 17,942 older adults reported to a substance use treatment program in 2017 and 6,653 met the criteria for the study. Chi-squared tests were used to analyze group differences and a binary logistic regression was used to predict substance use treatment completion.
resultsResults show that Black older adults were 37% less likely to complete a substance use treatment program than Whites (OR = 0.630) while Hispanic older adults were 26% more likely to complete a substance use treatment program than Whites (OR = 1.26). DISCUSSION AND IMPLICATIONS: These results support the findings from similar studies with younger adults and support the theory that racial disparities are prevalent across the life span. Although Hispanics had a higher treatment completion rate than Whites, this is likely a reflection of
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