Fifteen years of heroin-assisted treatment in a Swiss prison-a retrospective cohort study

• Main Authors: Michael Liebrenz (Author), Alex Gamma (Author), Anna Buadze (Author), Roman Schleifer (Author), Stéphanie Baggio (Author), Bruce Schwartz (Author), Andres Schneeberger (Author), Ambros Uchtenhagen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background In the context of the current US opioid crisis and the compelling fact that a quarter to a third of all those addicted to heroin pass through its prisons and jails each year, the care of incarcerated opioid-using individuals (OUI) needs to be improved. Aims Little has been publis...