Association between mortality rates and medication and residential treatment after in-patient medically managed opioid withdrawal: a cohort analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aim

Medically managed opioid withdrawal (detox) can increase the risk of subsequent opioid overdose. We assessed the association between mortality following detox and receipt of medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) and residential treatment after detox.

Design

Cohort study generated from individually linked public health data sets.

Setting

Massachusetts, USA.

Participants

A total of 30 681 opioid detox patients with 61 819 detox episodes between 2012 and 2014.

Measurements

Treatment categories included no post-detox treatment, MOUD, residential treatment or both MOUD and residential treatment identified at monthly intervals. We classified treatment exposures in two ways: (a) 'on-treatment' included any month where a treatment was rec

SUBMITTER: Walley AY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7854020 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature