A Staging System to Predict Prognosis among Methadone Maintenance Patients, Based on Admission Characteristics
Favrat B, Rao S, O'Connor PG, Schottenfeld R. A Staging System to Predict Prognosis among Methadone Maintenance Patients, Based on Admission Characteristics. Substance Use & Addiction Journal 2002, 23: 233-244. PMID: 12438836, DOI: 10.1080/08897070209511496.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStaging systemAdverse dischargeOpioid maintenance therapyU.S. general internistsMethadone maintenance patientsMethadone maintenance treatmentMain outcome measuresMethadone maintenance programProportional hazards modelIllicit drug useHistory of diseaseOutset of treatmentPrevious prison termsMaintenance therapyConsecutive patientsEntire cohortMaintenance patientsMaintenance treatmentAdmission characteristicsOutcome measuresGeneral internistsPrognostic studiesStage IIIPatientsStage I