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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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Black, Hispanic patients significantly less likely to receive key addiction medications, study finds Black and Hispanic people are โ€œsignificantly less likelyโ€ to receive two medications used to treat opioid addiction, according to a new study.

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

07.07.2025 23:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Our new study out today shows persistent racial/ethnic disparities in access to medications for opioid use disorderโ€”even after adjusting for insurance. Notably, Medicaid and Medicare Advantage were linked to higher buprenorphine use than commercial insurance.

26.06.2025 18:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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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...

Great primer and review of the landscape on Methadone for EM docs and emergency care providers #opioidcrisis #Medsky www.acepnow.com/article/libe...

21.04.2025 16:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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