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Opioid substitution treatment (with methadone) in prison to increase post-incarceration community treatment engagement
Summary of the evidence
Opioid substitution treatment with methadone provided during incarceration was found in a systematic review (Moore et al 2019) to be effective in:
- increasing community treatment engagement after release from prison (3 studies; n= 216; OR= 8.96, 95% CI=2.46; 30.75)