ArticleSubstance abuse : research and treatment2022
Hospitalizations for Alcohol and Opioid Use Disorders in Older Adults: Trends, Comorbidities, and Differences by Gender, Race, and Ethnicity.
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- Mental disorders in the Black population: a scoping review.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
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- Prescription drug monitoring programs and perioperative opioid prescribing and adverse events.Health affairs scholar · 2025Article
- Association of Medicare Advantage vs Traditional Medicare with Clinical Outcomes Among Patients Hospitalized for Substance Use Disorders.Journal of general internal medicine · 2025Article
- Optimizing care transitions to post-acute care following hospitalization for people with opioid use disorder.Innovation in aging · 2025Article
- Opioid Use Disorder in Older Adults: a Narrative Review.Current geriatrics reports · 2025Article
- Access and care for people with opioid use disorder in U.S. skilled nursing facilities: A policy commentary.The International journal on drug policy · 2024Article
- Disparities in Access to Highly Rated Skilled Nursing Facilities among Medicare Beneficiaries with Opioid Use Disorder.Journal of the American Medical Directors Association · 2024Observational
- Differences in Medication Use by Gender and Race in Hospitalized Persons Living with Dementia.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2024Article
- Substance use disorders and disparities in hispanic and non-hispanic older adults.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2024Article
- Practice-Level Documentation of Alcohol-Related Problems in Primary Care.JAMA network open · 2023Article
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Abstract
Background: The prevalence of substance use disorders (SUDs) among adults ages 65 and older has been increasing at a notably high rate in recent years, yet little information exists on hospitalizations for SUDs among this age group. In this study we examined trends in hospitalizations for alcohol use disorders (AUDs) and opioid use disorders (OUDs) among adults 65 and older in the United States, including differences by gender and race/ethnicity. Methods: We used Medicare claims data for years 2007-2014 from beneficiaries ages 65 and older. We abstracted hospitalization records with an ICD-9 diagnostic code for an AUD or OUD. Hospitalization rates were calculated using population estimates from the United States Census. We examined trends in quarterly hospitalization rates for hospitalizations with AUD/OUD as primary diagnoses, and separately for those with these disorders as secondary diagnoses. We also examined comorbidities for those with a primary diagnosis of AUD/OUD. Analyses were conducted for all hospitalizations with AUD/OUD diagnoses, and separately by gender and race/ethnicity. Results: Between the last quarter of 2007 and the third quarter of 2014, AUD hospitalization rates increased from 485 to 579 per million (19%), and OUD hospitalization rates from 46 to 101 per million (120%) and varied by gender (for AUD) and race/ethnicity (for both AUD and OUD). Hospitalization rates were particularly high for Black older adults, as was the increase in hospitalization rates. The increase in hospitalization rates was substantially higher for hospitalizations with AUD (84%) and OUD (269%) as secondary diagnoses. Conclusions: Hospitalizations for AUDs and OUDs among older adults increased at an alarming rate during the observation period, and disparities existed in hospitalization rates for these conditions. Interventions focusing on the needs of older adults with AUD and/or OUD are needed, particularly to address the needs of a growing racially/ethnically diverse older adult population.
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