Factors Related to Successful Retention in Methadone Maintenance: A Review

Abstract
Patient demographic and psychological characteristics as predisposing factors, and dose size and availability of alternative treatment systems as treatment variables in determining length of stay at MMTP [methadone maintenance treatment programs] were discussed. There is considerable evidence that predisposing factors and treatment variables interact in affecting retention rates. The implications of this interaction for research in MMTP effectiveness were discussed.