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Opioid Use Stigma May Underlie Clinician Biases Towards Patients with Sickle Cell Disease

Researchers found that patients with sickle cell disease had higher odds of having negative descriptors in their electronic health record compared with Black patients and patients with chronic pain, but had similar odds of negative descriptors as patients with opioid use disorder, suggesting that bias toward patients with sickle cell disease may be most strongly tied to opioid use stigma.

April 13, 2026


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