Open AccessThe causal effect of opioid substitution treatment on HAART medication refill adherence
Author(s) -
Bohdan Nosyk,
Jeong Eun Min,
Guillaume Colley,
Viviane D. Lima,
Benita Yip,
M.J. Milloy,
Evan Wood,
Joan Montaner
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
aids
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.195
H-Index - 216
eISSN - 1473-5571
pISSN - 0269-9370
DOI - 10.1097/qad.0000000000000642
Subject(s) - medicine , odds ratio , confidence interval , population , marginal structural model , odds , generalized estimating equation , cohort , cohort study , logistic regression , environmental health , statistics , mathematics
People who inject drugs (PWID) account for roughly 13% of the prevalent HIV/AIDS population outside of sub-Saharan Africa, and access to opioid substitution treatment (OST) is limited in many settings globally. OST likely facilitates access to HAART, yet sparse evidence is available to support this hypothesis. Our objective was to determine the causal impact of OST exposure on HAART adherence among HIV-positive PWID in a Canadian setting.