title: Seventeen year mortality in a cohort of patients attending opioid agonist treatment in Ireland. Commentary on 'methadone-maintained patients in primary care have higher rates of chronic disease' (O'Toole et al., European Journal of General Practice 2014;20:275-80).
authors.affiliation: a University College Dublin , School of Medicine and Medical Science , Dublin , Ireland.|b British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS , Urban Health Research Initiative , Vancouver , Canada.
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Klimas
authors.affiliation: a University College Dublin , School of Medicine and Medical Science , Dublin , Ireland.|b British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS , Urban Health Research Initiative , Vancouver , Canada.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Keane
authors.affiliation: a University College Dublin , School of Medicine and Medical Science , Dublin , Ireland.
authors.forename: Walter
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Cullen
authors.affiliation: c Rialto Medical Practice , Dublin , Ireland.
authors.forename: Fergus
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: O'Kelly
authors.affiliation: a University College Dublin , School of Medicine and Medical Science , Dublin , Ireland.
authors.forename: Gerard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bury
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D017048:Health Care Costs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006296:Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008691:Methadone / Q000494:pharmacology*; D058850:Opiate Substitution Treatment / Q000379:methods*; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D008691:Methadone