Methadone maintenance treatment and mortality in people with criminal convictions: A population-based retrospective cohort study from Canada.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Individuals with criminal histories have high rates of opioid dependence and mortality. Excess mortality is largely attributable to overdose deaths. Methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) is one of the best evidence-based opioid substitution treatments (OSTs), but there is uncertainty about whether methadone treatment reduces the risk of mortality among convicted offenders over extended follow-up periods. The objective of this study was to investigate the association between adherence to MMT and overdose fatality as well as other causes of mortality.

Methods and findings

We conducted a retrospective cohort study involving linked population-level administrative data among individuals in British Columbia (BC), Canada with a history of conviction and who filled a meth

SUBMITTER: Russolillo A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6067717 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature