Nearly half of US nursing homes report limiting admissions because of staffing shortages,1 and only 19% currently meet the minimum staffing levels mandated by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services by 2029.2 Shortages of nurses and other personnel caused two-thirds of hospitals to operate below full capacity in 2023.3 The Trump administration’s plans to deport undocumented immigrants […]
Background: The inpatient hospital setting is a potential intervention point where people at risk for overdose can be identified and connected to evidence-based substance use disorder (SUD) treatment and harm reduction services. Inpatient addiction consult service (ACS) programs have been shown to have a range of positive outcomes, but there remains an implementation gap, and […]
BACKGROUND: There are well-documented racial/ ethnic inequities in drug-related overdoses and access to evidence-based opioid use services nationally and in Boston, MA. OBJECTIVE: To qualitatively explore the drivers of racial/ethnic inequities in access to opioid use disorder treatment and services in Boston. DESIGN: Semi-structured qualitative interviews. PARTICIPANTS: Using purposive sampling, research–ers recruited 59 opioid overdose […]