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- Title
Sociodemographic Attributes and Racial Disparities for Waiting Times Towards Admissions for Substance Use Disorder Treatment in the Tri-State Area (NY-NJ-CT): a Cross-Sectional Study.
- Authors
Nkemjika, Stanley; Oforeh, Kenneth; Brown, Colvette; Olayinka, Olaniyi; Okosun, Ike S.
- Abstract
Given the potential benefits of SUD treatment compliance and the continuing problems associated with waiting for treatment, it is critical to establish an understanding of the factors that influence the cause and duration of waiting time for treatment services.The 2018 US Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Treatment Episode Data Set-Admissions (TEDS-D) were used for this analysis. Prevalence odds ratios from the multivariate logistic regression analyses were used to determine associations between sociodemographic attributes and waiting times prior to SUD admission treatment. Compared to African Americans, the odds of waiting 1–7 days to enter treatment were highest among Alaskan Natives (OR = 1.637, 95% CI: 1.243–2.156). The odds of waiting more than 1 week to enter treatment were 1.690 times higher (95% CI: 1.299–2.197) among Blacks/African Americans after adjusting for race, marital status, employment, and biological sex; there was a statistically significant association between the level of educational attainment and waiting 1–7 days to enter treatment.This study shows that among adults seeking admission into a SUD treatment program, waiting times varies across different sociodemographic attributes especially race as non-Hispanic blacks had a shorter wait time compared to other races.
- Subjects
UNITED States. Substance Abuse &; Mental Health Services Administration; RACIAL inequality; SUBSTANCE abuse; MENTAL health services administration; LOGISTIC regression analysis; CROSS-sectional method
- Publication
International Journal of Mental Health & Addiction, 2023, Vol 21, Issue 5, p2892
- ISSN
1557-1874
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11469-022-00762-9