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Mortality in heroin-assisted treatment in Switzerland 1994-2000

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2005
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Rehm, J., Frick, U., Hartwig, C., Gutzwiller, F., Gschwend, P., & Uchtenhagen, A. (2005). Mortality in heroin-assisted treatment in Switzerland 1994-2000. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 79(2), 137–143. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2005.01.005

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Background: A major goal of heroin-assisted treatment in Switzerland has been to reduce the drug-related mortality of heroin users. Therefore, a continuous monitoring of deaths under treatment is essential. Aims: To assess mortality of participants in heroin-assisted treatment in Switzerland over a 7-year period from 1994 to 2000, and to compare this mortality to the general population and to other populations of opioid users, as reported in the literature. Method: Estimation of person years under heroin-assisted treatment from the co

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  • Rehm, Jürgen
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  • Frick, Ulrich
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  • Hartwig, C
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  • Gutzwiller, Felix
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  • Gschwend, P
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  • Uchtenhagen, Ambros
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79

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2

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137

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143

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Switzerland, mortality, treatment

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English

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2005

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2014-08-06

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0376-8716

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Rehm, J., Frick, U., Hartwig, C., Gutzwiller, F., Gschwend, P., & Uchtenhagen, A. (2005). Mortality in heroin-assisted treatment in Switzerland 1994-2000. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 79(2), 137–143. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2005.01.005

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