Estimating the impact of wide scale uptake of screening and medications for opioid use disorder in US prisons and jails

•Medications for opioid use disorder in prisons/jails reduced overdose post-release.•Our model predicted that treatment alone would have saved 1840 lives.•We predicted that treatment and post-release retention would have saved 4400 lives. Medications for opioid use disorder (OUD) are the most effect...

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Published in:	Drug and alcohol dependence Vol. 208; p. 107858
Main Authors:	Macmadu, Alexandria, Goedel, William C., Adams, Joëlla W., Brinkley-Rubinstein, Lauren, Green, Traci C., Clarke, Jennifer G., Martin, Rosemarie A., Rich, Josiah D., Marshall, Brandon D.L.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Ireland Elsevier B.V 01.03.2020 Elsevier Science Ltd
Subjects:	Adult Analgesics, Opioid - therapeutic use Clinical assessment Computer simulation Correctional Facilities - statistics & numerical data Deaths Drug addiction Drugs Female High risk Humans Imprisonment Jail Jails Life Tables Male Mass Screening - mortality Medical screening Medications for opioid use disorder Middle Aged Monte Carlo Method Monte Carlo simulation Narcotics Opioid-Related Disorders - diagnosis Opioid-Related Disorders - drug therapy Opioid-Related Disorders - mortality Opioids Overdose Prison Prisoners Prisons Procedures and Techniques Utilization - statistics & numerical data Risk Factors Simulation Statistics Substance abuse treatment Substance use disorder Tests Treatment Outcome United States - epidemiology Uptake Vital statistics Young Adult United States United States > US Prison Jail Overdose Medications for opioid use disorder Opioids
ISSN:	0376-8716, 1879-0046, 1879-0046
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