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Table 6 Overview of residential treatment methadone policies among programs that accept methadone patients

From: An environmental scan of residential treatment service provision in Ontario

  

Methadone

Taper

Withdrawal Management

Dispense

Prescribe

Take-Home Doses

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

Residential Addiction Treatment (n = 77)

ONTARIO

16

21.8%

7

9.1%

9

11.7%

19

24.7%

27

35.1%

WEST

5

6.5%

3

3.9

5

6.5

5

6.5

8

10.4%

CENTRAL

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

1

1.3

2

2.6%

TORONTO

9

11.7

3

3.9

3

3.9

10

13.0

3

3.9%

EAST

2

2.6

0

0.0

0

0.0

2

2.6

9

11.7%

NORTH

0

0.0

1

1.3

1

1.3

1

1.3

5

6.5%

Residential Supportive Recovery (n = 28)

ONTARIO

2

7.1

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

5

17.8%

WEST

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

1

3.4%

CENTRAL

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

1

3.4%

TORONTO

2

7.1

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

2

7.1%

EAST

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

1

3.4%

NORTH

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0%