title: Response to Bird et al.: The importance of post-release engagement in treatment in estimating impacts on post-release deaths.
authors.affiliation: National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW Australia, Sydney, Australia. s.larney@unsw.edu.au.|Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA . s.larney@unsw.edu.au.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Larney
authors.affiliation: National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW Australia, Sydney, Australia.|School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Degenhardt
authors.affiliation: National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW Australia, Sydney, Australia.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Farrell
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001717:Birds; D062787:Drug Overdose; D006801:Humans; D008691:Methadone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D058850:Opiate Substitution Treatment; D009293:Opioid-Related Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011329:Prisoners; D011330:Prisons
chemical_list: D008691:Methadone
keywords: Ex-prisoners; Opioid substitution therapy; methadone maintenance; mortality; overdose; prison