Health care disparities among out-of treatment cocaine users in St. Louis.
Cocaine users experience barriers to health care, including mental illness, drug use, and lack of insurance. Being male and a minority member increases the health care disparity. These factors were evaluated among 961 street-recruited cocaine users' baseline and three month follow-up data. Gender-related disparities in care and attitudes towards care emerged. In multivariate models controlling for baseline visits and intervention group, follow-up visits increased among depressed men and female sex traders with insurance.
Striley
Catherine Woodstock
CW
Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, USA. strileyc@epi.wustl.edu
Johnson
Sharon D
SD
Cottler
Linda B
LB
D000328:Adult; D019970:Cocaine-Related Disorders; D005260:Female; D054625:Healthcare Disparities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008923:Missouri