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Table 4 Contact with social services and the Prison and Probation Service during the year prior to death. Percentages

From: Investigating opioid-related fatalities in southern Sweden: contact with care-providing authorities and comparison of substances

 

Methadone (n = 82) (reference)

Buprenorphine (n = 30)

Heroin (n = 40)

Fentanyl (n = 28)

Total (n = 180)

Social services contact

73.2

50.0*

75.0

71.4

69.4

Addiction unit

61.0

40.4*

60.0

60.7

57.2

Voluntary care

52.4

33.3

47.5

50.0

47.8

Compulsory care investigation

17.1

6.7

17.5

14.3

15.0

Compulsory careb

6.1

0.0

5.0

10.7

5.6

Supervision

26.8

30.0

30.0

25.5

27.8

Prisonb

4.9

6.7

12.5

10.7

7.8

Contact with one or more authorities

89.0

86.7

90.0

92.9

89.4

  1. Methadone is the reference value for x2 comparisons between the substances
  2. *p value of < 0.05
  3. bFisher’s exact test used for this variable