Widening economic inequality in the USA has been accompanied by increasing disparities
in health outcomes. The life expectancy of the wealthiest Americans now exceeds that of the …

Inequalities in medical care are endemic in the USA. The Affordable Care Act (ACA), passed
in 2010 and fully implemented in 2014, was intended to expand coverage and bring about a …

We examined prevalence, treatment patterns, trends, and correlates of mental health and
substance use treatments among adults with co-occurring disorders. Our data were from the …

Buprenorphine Myths and Realities A realistic solution for reaching the millions of
Americans with opioid use disorder is to mobilize the primary care physician workforce to …

A clear link exists between social and economic inequality and poor mental health. There is
a social gradient in mental health, and higher levels of income inequality are linked to higher …

Objective Racial/ethnic disparities in the use of substance abuse treatment services have
been documented. The objective of this study was to re-examine if racial/ethnic disparities in …

Objective: The objective was to examine mental health treatment access disparities between
Asians and whites in the United States as well as the role of perceived and objective need …

A complete discussion of fundamental and advanced topics in Item Response Theory written
by pioneers in the field In Item Response Theory, accomplished psychometricians Darrell …

Background: Improving access to treatment for opioid use disorder is a national priority, but
little is known about the barriers encountered by patients seeking buprenorphine–naloxone …

Importance Digital health technologies may expand organizational capacity to treat opioid
use disorder (OUD). However, it remains unclear whether these technologies serve as …