Utsha Khatri, MD MS
@utsha.bsky.social
Emergency medicine doctor and health services researcher studying addiction, incarceration, acute care & other things that need fixing
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From healthcare access to addiction treatment, racial health inequities continue to persist.
Black, Hispanic patients significantly less likely to receive key addiction medications www.statnews.com/2025/06/26/r... by @levfacher.bsky.social via @statnews.com CC: @utsha.bsky.social @utsha.bsky.social
Black, Hispanic patients significantly less likely to receive key addiction medications www.statnews.com/2025/06/26/r... by @levfacher.bsky.social via @statnews.com CC: @utsha.bsky.social @utsha.bsky.social
Black, Hispanic patients significantly less likely to receive key addiction medications, study finds
Black and Hispanic people are “significantly less likely” to receive two medications used to treat opioid addiction, according to a new study.
www.statnews.com
July 7, 2025 at 11:31 PM
From healthcare access to addiction treatment, racial health inequities continue to persist.
Black, Hispanic patients significantly less likely to receive key addiction medications www.statnews.com/2025/06/26/r... by @levfacher.bsky.social via @statnews.com CC: @utsha.bsky.social @utsha.bsky.social
Black, Hispanic patients significantly less likely to receive key addiction medications www.statnews.com/2025/06/26/r... by @levfacher.bsky.social via @statnews.com CC: @utsha.bsky.social @utsha.bsky.social
Our new study out today shows persistent racial/ethnic disparities in access to medications for opioid use disorder—even after adjusting for insurance. Notably, Medicaid and Medicare Advantage were linked to higher buprenorphine use than commercial insurance.
After opioid-related health care events, patients with Medicaid/Medicare were more likely to receive buprenorphine than those with commercial insurance. https://ja.ma/4kfOsoz
June 26, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Our new study out today shows persistent racial/ethnic disparities in access to medications for opioid use disorder—even after adjusting for insurance. Notably, Medicaid and Medicare Advantage were linked to higher buprenorphine use than commercial insurance.
Reposted by Utsha Khatri, MD MS
Great primer and review of the landscape on Methadone for EM docs and emergency care providers #opioidcrisis #Medsky www.acepnow.com/article/libe...
Liberate Methadone: An Introduction for the Emergency Medicine Physician - ACEP Now
ACEP Now offers real-time clinical news, news from the American College of Emergency Physicians, and news on practice trends and health care reform for the emergency medicine physician. ACEP Now is an...
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April 21, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Great primer and review of the landscape on Methadone for EM docs and emergency care providers #opioidcrisis #Medsky www.acepnow.com/article/libe...