Executive summary

The 2045 methadone patients selected in the study were representative of the overall methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) population in NSW. During the two-year study period they enrolled in 3252 programs, an average of 1.59 programs each, of which 81.2 per cent were managed by private practitioners and 73.9 per cent involved private sector dosing. These patients remained in treatment, on average, for 13.5 of the 24 months with 29.5 per cent of patients retained in treatment for the durati...

Date commenced
01 Dec 2005
Resource type
Reports
Author(s)
Pat Ward, Richard Mattick