Titre : | Methadone treatment: Italy vs. USA . Methadone treatment in Europe |
Titre traduit : | (Traitements à la méthadone : Italie contre USA. Les traitements à la méthadone en Europe.) |
Auteurs : | TIDONE L. ; RIGLIETTA M. ; CAMPANA M. |
Type de document : | Périodique |
Année de publication : | 2001 |
Format : | 45-47 |
Note générale : |
Heroin Addiction and Related Clinical Problems, 2001, 3, (2), 45-47 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Discipline : | SAN (Santé publique / Public health) |
Mots-clés : |
Thésaurus mots-clés METHADONE ; TRAITEMENT DE MAINTENANCE ; EVOLUTION ; PRISE EN CHARGE ; POLITIQUE ; COMPARAISONThésaurus géographique ETATS-UNIS ; ITALIE |
Résumé : |
ENGLISH : Methadone treatment has become more and more widespread as a therapeutic approach both in Europe and the USA, so much so that, between 1991 [4] and 1998 [2], the rate of methadone maintenance treatment in the population has increased to levels of 7.6 and 6.6 every 10,000 inhabitants, respectively. These data refer to methadone maintenance treatments only; short-term detoxification treatments were not included in the Italian sample, whereas their inclusion or exclusion is not specified for the American sample. Surprisingly, while the number of methadone treatment-providing centres showed a rising trend in the USA during the same period, a fall in numbers has been documented for Italy. At present, there is one centre for every 345,814 inhabitants in the USA, and one for every 111,028 inhabitants in Italy. It follows that in Italy fewer treatment centres have tended to perform a greater number of individual methadone maintenance programmes. If short-term detoxification treatments performed in Italy were included in the figures, the difference would be even greater (9.9 for every 10,000 inhabitants in Italy). It can be supposed that uncertainty about the composition of the USA sample will not significantly affect the validity of our results. It may be suggested that the greater frequency of methadone maintenance in Italy may be due to different health care policies. Methadone treatment is, in fact, available throughout Italy, whereas 7 out of 50 USA states do not provide any; in Italy, unlike the USA, no national or regional laws define a maximum dosage level, and methadone treatment is free of charge. (Editor' s abstract) |
Domaine : | Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs |
Refs biblio. : | 5 |
Affiliation : |
Dep. Addictive Behavior, Bergamo Italie. Italy. |
Numéro Toxibase : | 206104 |
Centre Emetteur : | 02 Coordonnateur |
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