Opioid agonist treatment (OAT) experiences and release plans among federally incarcerated individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD) in Ontario, Canada: a mixed-methods study

• Main Authors: Cayley Russell (Author), Frishta Nafeh (Author), Michelle Pang (Author), Shanna Farrell MacDonald (Author), Dena Derkzen (Author), Jürgen Rehm (Author), Benedikt Fischer (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Incarcerated populations experience an elevated prevalence of opioid use disorder (OUD). Federal correctional institutions in Canada have increasingly treated OUD among correctional populations via opioid agonist treatment (OAT) - an evidence based pharmacotherapy that works to r...