Predisposing, enabling and need factors of heroin addicts’ using prescribed methadone or buprenorphine for a year or longer: An exploratory study of drug treatment for heroin addicts in the Swedish welfare system

AIM - This exploratory study draws on national register data for 2,638 opioid users from 2004- 2008 to examine whether or not certain predisposing, enabling and need factors are associated with taking methadone or buprenorphine continuously on doctor’s orders for one year or more. DESIGN - Chi-squa...

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Main Authors: Nilsson Marcus Blom, Lundgren Lena M., Chassler Deborah
Format: Article
Language:Danish
Published: SAGE Publishing 2014-04-01
Series:Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs
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Online Access:http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/nsad.2014.31.issue-2/nsad-2014-0014/nsad-2014-0014.xml?format=INT