A cost-effectiveness analysis of opioid substitution therapy upon prison release in reducing mortality among people with a history of opioid dependence.

Natasa GisevMarian ShanahanDon J WeatherburnRichard P MattickSarah LarneyLucy BurnsLouisa Degenhardt

Published in: Addiction (Abingdon, England) (2015)

Opioid substitution treatment (compared with no such treatment), given on release from prison to people with a history of opioid dependence, is cost-effective in reducing mortality in the first 6 months of release.

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