Differential impacts of COVID-19 across racial-ethnic identities in persons with opioid use disorder

The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated health disparities, particularly among at-risk people with opioid use disorder (OUD). We sought to characterize the direct and indirect impacts of COVID-19 on this group to understand how the pandemic has affected this group, this group's public health response to COVID-19, and whether there were differences by race/ethnicity.

Source: Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment - April 7, 2021 Category: Addiction Authors: Colleen B. Mistler, Matthew C. Sullivan, Michael M. Copenhaver, Jaimie P. Meyer, Alexis M. Roth, Sheela V. Shenoi, E. Jennifer Edelman, Jeffrey A. Wickersham, Roman Shrestha Source Type: research