ArticleJournal of racial and ethnic health disparities2024
Examining Racial/Ethnic Differences in Patterns of Opioid Prescribing: Results from an Urban Safety-Net Healthcare System.
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- Racial/Ethnic and Regional Disparities in Opioid-Involved Overdose Deaths among Children and Adolescents in the United States.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026Article
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- Disparities associated with race and ethnicity in pain management: a scoping review.International journal of clinical pharmacy · 2026Article
- The Experiences and Attitudes of Rural Black People who Use Drugs.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026Article
- A Comparative Analysis of Opioid Overdose Hospitalizations Pre- and Post-Pandemic: Insights from the National Inpatient Sample Database.Journal of community hospital internal medicine perspectives · 2026Article
- Social Determinants of Health and Patient-Level Characteristics Associated with Opioid Use for Chronic Pain.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2025Article
- Associations of community socioeconomic factors and opioid use disorder across an urban-to-rural spectrum in Pennsylvania: an electronic health record-based case-control study.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2025Article
- Prescription drug monitoring programs and perioperative opioid prescribing and adverse events.Health affairs scholar · 2025Article
- Pain Neuroscience Education on Reducing Opioid Dependency in African American and Caucasian Populations: A Narrative Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- The recent trend of twin epidemic in the United States: a 10-year longitudinal cohort study of co-prescriptions of opioids and stimulants.Lancet regional health. Americas · 2025Article
- Chronic Opioid Use After Implementation of Oregon's Medicaid Back Pain Policy.American journal of preventive medicine · 2025Article
- Association of Coprescribing of Gabapentinoid and Other Psychoactive Medications With Altered Mental Status and Falls in Adults Receiving Dialysis.American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation · 2025Observational
- Modern racism contributes to overall less pain management and a "one size fits all" approach.Health psychology report · 2025Review
- Varying definitions of long-term opioid therapy: examining prevalence, prescription patterns, and substance-related adverse outcomes.Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) · 2024Article
- Opioid prescribing in the Netherlands during the COVID-19 pandemic: a national register-based study.BMJ open · 2024Article
- Patterns of gabapentinoid use among long-term opioid users.Preventive medicine · 2024Article
- Racial and Ethnic Differences in Receipt of Nonpharmacologic Care for Chronic Low Back Pain Among Medicare Beneficiaries With OUD.JAMA network open · 2023Article
- Acute Pain and Development of Opioid Use Disorder: Patient Risk Factors.Current pain and headache reports · 2023Review
- Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Opioid Prescriptions for Patients with Abdominal Pain: Analysis of the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
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Abstract
Prescription opioids still account for a large proportion of overdose deaths and contribute to opioid use dependence (OUD). Studies earlier in the epidemic suggest clinicians were less likely to prescribe opioids to racial/ethnic minorities. As OUD-related deaths have increased disproportionately amongst minority populations, it is essential to understand racial/ethnic differences in opioid prescribing patterns to inform culturally sensitive mitigation efforts. The purpose of this study is to estimate racial/ethnic differences in opioid medication use among patients prescribed opioids. Using electronic health records and a retrospective cohort study design, we estimated multivariable hazard models and generalized linear models, assessing racial/ethnic differences in OUD diagnosis, number of opioid prescriptions, receiving only one opioid prescription, and receiving ≥18 opioid prescriptions. Study population (N=22,201) consisted of adult patients (≥18years), with ≥3 primary care visits (ensuring healthcare system linkage), ≥1 opioid prescription, who did not have an OUD diagnoses prior to the first opioid prescription during the 32-month study period. Relative to racial/ethnic minority patients, White patients, in both unadjusted and adjusted analyses, had a greater number of opioid prescriptions filled, a higher proportion received ≥18 opioid prescriptions, and a greater hazard of having an OUD diagnosis subsequent to receiving an opioid prescription (all groups p<0.001). Although opioid prescribing rates have declined nationally, our findings suggest White patients still experience a high volume of opioid prescriptions and greater risk of OUD diagnosis. Racial/ethnic minorities are less likely to receive follow-up pain medications, which may signal low care quality. Identifying provider bias in pain management of racial/ethnic minorities could inform interventions seeking balance between adequate pain treatment and risk of opioid misuse/abuse.
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