Canadian Addiction Treatment Centre (CATC) opioid agonist treatment cohort in Ontario, Canada.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The Canadian Addiction Treatment Centre (CATC) cohort was established during a period of increased provision of opioid agonist treatment (OAT), to study patient outcomes and trends related to the treatment of opioid use disorder (OUD) in Canada. The CATC cohort's strengths lie in its unique physician network, shared care model and event-level data, making it valuable for validation and integration studies. The CATC cohort is a valuable resource for examining OAT outcomes, providing insights into substance use trends and the impact of service-level factors.

Participants

The CATC cohort comprises 32 246 people who received OAT prescriptions between April 2014 and February 2021, with ongoing tri-annual updates planned until 2027. The cohort includes data from all CATC c

SUBMITTER: Morin KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10895228 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature