Association of Opioid Agonist Treatment With All-Cause Mortality and Specific Causes of Death Among People With Opioid Dependence

Santo, Thomas; Clark, Brodie; Hickman, Matthew; Grebely, Jason; Campbell, Gabrielle; Sordo, Luis; B. Chen, Aileen; Thi Tran, Lucy; Bharat, Chrianna; Padmanathan, Prianka; Cousins, Gráinne; Dupouy, Julie; Kelty, Erin; Muga, Roberto; Nosyk, Bohdan; Eun Min, Jeong; Maria Pavarin, Raimondo; Farrell, Michael; Degenhardt, Louisa

doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2021.0976

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Association of Opioid Agonist Treatment With All-Cause Mortality and Specific Causes of Death Among People With Opioid Dependence

Published in JAMA Psychiatry • Jun 2, 2021

Authors:

Thomas Santo

Brodie Clark

Matthew Hickman

Abstract

Importance: Mortality among people with opioid dependence is higher than that of the general population. Opioid agonist treatment (OAT) is an effective treatment for opioid dependence; however, there has not yet been a systematic review on the relationship between OAT and specific causes of mortalit...

Subject

Medicine

Buprenorphine

Meta-analysis

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