Mixed methods to explore factors associated with the decline of patients in the methadone maintenance treatment program in Shanghai, China

• Main Authors: Lei Zhang (Author), Jiayi Bao (Author), Amy Harrington (Author), Xiaoduo Fan (Author), Zhen Ning (Author), Jingying Zhang (Author), Daqing Shi (Author), Manji Hu (Author), Zhirong Zhou (Author), Zhengyi Cai (Author), Min Zhao (Author), Jiang Du (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background This study was to characterize the Methadone Maintenance Treatment (MMT) in Shanghai, China, and to explore factors associated with the decline of patients in MMT during 2005-2016. Methods Both qualitative and quantitative methods were used in this study. Based on the data from S...