Sex Differences in Comorbid Mental and Substance Use Disorders Among Primary Care Patients With Opioid Use Disorder

Jordan M Braciszewski1, Abisola E Idu1, Bobbi Jo H Yarborough1

  • 1Center for Health Policy and Health Services Research, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit (Braciszewski, Loree); Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute (KPWHRI), Seattle (Idu, Bobb, Bradley, Glass, Matson, Lapham, Madziwa); Kaiser Permanente Northwest Center for Health Research, Portland, Oregon (Yarborough, Stumbo); HealthPartners Institute and Department of Research, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis (Rossom); MultiCare Institute for Research and Innovation, MultiCare Health System, Tacoma, Washington (Murphy, Pflugeisen, Silva); Kaiser Permanente Colorado Institute for Health Research, Colorado Permanente Medical Group, Department of Health System Science, Bernard J. Tyson Kaiser Permanente School of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora (Binswanger); Kaiser Permanente Northern California Division of Research, Oakland (Campbell); Department of Health Systems and Population Health, University of Washington, Seattle (Lapham, Hutcheson); Washington State University Health Sciences Spokane, Spokane (Barbosa-Leiker); Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Addictions, Drug and Alcohol Institute, University of Washington, Seattle (Hatch); Department of Medicine, University of Washington and Harborview Medical Center, Seattle (Tsui); Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, New York City (Arnsten); Department of Family and Community Medicine, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston (Stotts); Department of Public Health Sciences, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami (Horigian, Usaga); Hennepin Healthcare and Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis (Bart); Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle (Saxon); Manning College of Nursing and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Boston (Thakral); Kaiser Permanente Southern California Department of Research and Evaluation, Pasadena (Ling Grant); Genentech, Inc., San Francisco (Boudreau).

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