Fifteen years of heroin-assisted treatment in a Swiss prison-a retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In the context of the current US opioid crisis and the compelling fact that a quarter to a third of all those addicted to heroin pass through its prisons and jails each year, the care of incarcerated opioid-using individuals (OUI) needs to be improved.

Aims

Little has been published on the effectiveness or outcomes of heroin-assisted treatment (HAT), a treatment option for severely dependent OUI delivered in a prison setting. The aim of this study was therefore to evaluate such treatment since its implementation. The primary objective was to investigate whether heroin-assisted treatment was associated with severe detrimental health outcomes. The secondary objective was to compare the heroin-assisted treatment group with the general prison population in terms of oc

SUBMITTER: Liebrenz M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7552491 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature