News Report | June 9, 2019
Black People With Opioid Use Disorder Less Likely To Be Prescribed Buprenorphine
From 2012 through 2015, of the 12.7 million ambulatory visits at which buprenorphine was prescribed, 94.8% of the prescriptions were for White people, 2.7% were for Black people, and 2.4% for those of other races or ethnicities. From 2004 to 2015, buprenorphine was prescribed at 13.4 million visits, representing about 0.36% of all ambulatory visits during that period. For other outpatient visits (no buprenorphine prescribed), 83.1% were for White people, 10.6% were for Black people, and 6.3% were for people of other races and ethnicities. From 2012 through 2015, the odds . . .