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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Addiction. 2020 Feb 24;115(9):1683–1694. doi: 10.1111/add.14991

Table 4:

Opioid overdose death rates and rate ratios with 95% confidence intervals (CI) in period following treatment (tx) discharge, comparing the period during and after the first 4 weeks since treatment discharge in patients leaving medication and non-medication treatment

Person -Years Number of opioid overdose deaths Opioid overdose death rate per 1000 person-years Opioid overdose death rate ratio (95% CI)
After Medication Treatment
Up to 4 weeks after tx 78 2176 35.85 2.91 (2.14–3.95)
Post-4 weeks after tx 102 8282 12.32 1
After Non-Medication Treatment
Up to 4 weeks after tx 43 2270 18.94 1.59 (1.04–2.27)
Post-4 weeks after tx 119 9981 11.92 1