The impact of opioid substitution therapy on mortality post‐release from prison: retrospective data linkage study

Degenhardt, Louisa; Larney, Sarah; Kimber, Jo; Gisev, Natasa; Farrell, Michael; Dobbins, Timothy; Weatherburn, Don; Gibson, Amy; P. Mattick, Richard; Butler, Tony; Burns, Lucy

doi:10.1111/add.12536

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The impact of opioid substitution therapy on mortality post‐release from prison: retrospective data linkage study

Published in Addiction • Mar 11, 2014

Authors:

Louisa Degenhardt

Sarah Larney

Jo Kimber

Abstract

AIMS: Release from prison is a high-risk period for mortality. We examined the impact of opioid substitution therapy (OST), for opioid dependence during and after incarceration, upon mortality post-release. DESIGN: A cohort was formed of all opioid-dependent people who entered OST between 1985 and 2...

Subject

Medicine

Prison

Hazard ratio

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