Disparities in Alcohol-Related Liver Disease.

Alcohol-associated liver disease has always been a significant health issue. During the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, there were higher rates of alcohol consumption, and these higher rates have persisted after pandemic. Given the significance of alcohol-associated liver disease, this article contextualizes disparities in alcohol-associated liver disease related to gender, socioeconomic status, and race/ethnicity. This article identifies a need for high-quality research on alcohol-associated liver disease, embedding of alcohol cessation metrics into hepatology quality measures, and colocation of social/psychosocial and addiction medicine resources into hepatology clinics as means of mitigating disparities and their impact on alcohol-associated liver disease and liver transplantation.

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Author Larissa Lushniak  

Author Stephanie Garbarino Medicine, Gastroenterology

Author Julius Middleton Wilder Medicine, Gastroenterology