Evaluating the effectiveness of concurrent opioid agonist treatment and physician-based mental health services for patients with mental disorders in Ontario, Canada.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The objective of this study was to evaluate the relationship between concurrent physician-based mental health services, all-cause mortality, and acute health service use for individuals enrolled in Opioid Agonist Treatment in Ontario, Canada.

Methods

A cohort study of patients enrolled in opioid agonist treatment in Ontario was conducted between January 1, 2011, and December 31, 2015, in Ontario with an inverse probability of treatment weights using the propensity score to estimate the effect of physician-based mental health services. Treatment groups were created based on opioid agonist treatment patients' utilization of physician-based mental health services. Propensity score weighted odds ratios were calculated to assess the relationship between the treatment gr

SUBMITTER: Morin KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7748134 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature