Ethnic disparities in alcohol services

“Researchers have confirmed a significant interaction between alcohol-problem severity and ethnicity.
Hispanics and blacks with higher-severity alcohol problems appear to utilize services at lower rates than whites with similar problems.
For Hispanics especially, this may be due in part to financial and logistical barriers to obtaining care.

Prior research has had mixed findings regarding ethnic disparities in alcohol services. A new study appears to confirm that disparities do exist: Hispanics and blacks with higher-severity alcohol problems seem to utilize services at lower rates than whites with similar problems. This appears to be due in part – particularly for Hispanics – to financial and logistical barriers to obtaining care.”

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