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  "abstract": "Ekansh Seth,1,* Jane Ginther,2 Vedat O Yildiz,3 Laura K Flora,4 Gretchen A McNally4,* 1College of Arts and Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA; 2The Ohio State Wexner Medical Center Addiction Medicine Team, Columbus, OH, USA; 3Center for Biostatistics, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH, USA; 4Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute at The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Gretchen A McNally, The Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute, 460 W 10th Ave, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA, Email Gretchen.mcnally@osumc.eduAbstract: Stigma towards people with opioid use disorders (OUD) contributes to delayed treatment, dismissed concerns, and reduced equitable care. Although healthcare professionals may recognize these harms, they often underestimate their own susceptibility to bias. Prior studies have primarily focused on addiction-related stigma within individual professions rather than across multidisciplinary teams. The current study compares responses from two studies conducted at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. Study A (2020) included multidisciplinary oncology professionals (n = 773), while Study B (2023) comprised rehabilitation professionals (n = 93), with 42 respondents completing the focal items on the post-intervention evaluation. Both studies assessed agreement with two statements: (1) “I am certain I treat all persons the same, regardless of current or past OUD”, and (2) “In today’s society, I am certain that stereotypes or bias do not impact the quality of care patients receive”. Across the studies, most respondents agreed or strongly agreed that they treat all patients the same regardless of OUD history (Study A: 64.7%, n = 468/723; Study B: 73.8%, n = 31/42), while 22.3% and 14.3% selected neutral, respectively. For the second item, 48.1% of Study A respondents (346/719) and 78.6% of Study B respondents (33/42) disagreed or strongly disagreed that stereotypes or bias do not impact the quality of care patients receive. These findings suggest a gap between clinicians’ confidence in their own equitable treatment and their recognition that bias may influence care. Future research should explore interventions pairing OUD education with structured self-reflection and narrative-based approaches from people in recovery, alongside the development of validated measures of provider bias awareness to support sustained reflective practice across disciplines.Keywords: implicit bias, healthcare professionals, multidisciplinary care, interprofessional practice, healthcare disparities, provider attitudes",
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  "published": "2026-11-08",
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  "title": "Perceptions of Equitable Care and Bias Among Multidisciplinary Healthcare Professionals: A Secondary Analysis of Two Surveys",
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