Research Article
Evaluation of a Pilot Medication-Assisted Therapy Program in Kazakhstan: Successes, Challenges, and Opportunities for Scaleup
Table 4
Reasons for patient discharge from medication-assisted therapy in Kazakhstan, by treatment site.
| | Pavlodar | Temirtau | Ust-Kamenogorsk | | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) |
| Total number of patients ever enrolled | 102 | 85 | 78 | Total number of patients discharged from MAT | 54 | 50 | 43 | Reasons for discharge from MAT | | | | Criminal charges | 5 (4,9) | 2 (2,4) | 5 (6,4) | Personal life circumstances (voluntary) | 18 (17,6) | 11 (12,9) | 16 (20,5) | Continued breach of MAT program rules | 6 (5,9) | 16 (18,8) | 6 (7,7) | Completion of therapy (after methadone tapering) | 20 (19,6) | 5 (5,9) | 6 (7,7) | Change of country of residence | 2 (1,9) | 3 (3,5) | 9 (11,5) | Inpatient treatment | 3 (2,9) | 11 (12,9) | 0 | Death caused by concurrent illnesses | 0 | 2 (2,4) | 1 (1,3) |
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