Rural-Urban Differences in Physician Bias Toward Patients With Opioid Use Disorder

CONCLUSIONS: Given existing disparities in harm reduction and addiction treatment services in rural areas, increased physician bias in counties lacking these services suggests that rural patients with opioid use disorder face numerous challenges to finding effective treatment. Bias reduction interventions should target health care professionals in rural communities where such efforts may have the most pronounced impact on improving health care access.PMID:33622043 | DOI:10.1176/appi.ps.202000529

Source: Psychiatric Services - February 24, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Berkeley Franz Lindsay Y Dhanani William C Miller Source Type: research