Mortality among a cohort of drug users after their release from prison: an evaluation of the effectiveness of a harm reduction program in Taiwan.

Abstract

In ex-prisoners in Taiwan with a history of opiate injecting, enrollment and continued participation in methadone maintenance treatment is associated with substantially lower mortality.

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Subjects

• Adult
• Aged
• Drug Users
• Epidemiologic Methods
• Female
• HIV Infections
• Harm Reduction
• Heroin Dependence
• Humans
• Male
• Methadone
• Middle Aged
• Mortality
• Narcotics
• Opiate Substitution Treatment
• Patient Dropouts
• Prisoners
• Program Evaluation
• Substance Abuse, Intravenous
• Taiwan
• Young Adult

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Authors

• Yen-Fang Huang
• Hsu-Sung Kuo
• Chin-Yin Lew-Ting
• Fang Tian
• Chin-Hui Yang
• Tzu-I Tsai
• Stephen J Gange
• Kenrad E Nelson

Publication date

2011-07-13

Journal

Journal topics

• Substance-Related Disorders
• Tobacco Use Disorder

Language

Eng.

Copyright

Centers for Disease Control, Department of Health, Taipei, Taiwan.

Release reference

Addiction. 2011 Aug;106(8):1437-45

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