Optimal provision of opiate substitution therapy and needle and syringe programmes: a multi-method realist evaluation

Peter McCulloch, April Shaw, Gail Gilchrist, Catriona Matheson, Margaret Maxwell, Joanne Neale, Gareth Myring, Hugh McLeod, Matt Hickman, Peter Vickerman, Alison Munro, Steve MacGillivray

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DOI: 10.3310/hgds4449
Published: 2025-12
Container: Health Technology Assessment
Publisher: National Institute for Health and Care Research
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@article{allodium:10.3310/hgds4449,
  title = {Optimal provision of opiate substitution therapy and needle and syringe programmes: a multi-method realist evaluation},
  author = {Peter McCulloch and April Shaw and Gail Gilchrist and Catriona Matheson and Margaret Maxwell and Joanne Neale and Gareth Myring and Hugh McLeod and Matt Hickman and Peter Vickerman and Alison Munro and Steve MacGillivray},
  year = {2025},
  journal = {Health Technology Assessment},
  doi = {10.3310/hgds4449},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.3310/hgds4449}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Optimal provision of opiate substitution therapy and needle and syringe programmes: a multi-method realist evaluation
AU  - Peter McCulloch
AU  - April Shaw
AU  - Gail Gilchrist
AU  - Catriona Matheson
AU  - Margaret Maxwell
AU  - Joanne Neale
AU  - Gareth Myring
AU  - Hugh McLeod
AU  - Matt Hickman
AU  - Peter Vickerman
AU  - Alison Munro
AU  - Steve MacGillivray
PY  - 2025
JO  - Health Technology Assessment
DO  - 10.3310/hgds4449
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McCulloch, P., Shaw, A., Gilchrist, G., Matheson, C., Maxwell, M., Neale, J., Myring, G., McLeod, H., Hickman, M., Vickerman, P., Munro, A., & MacGillivray, S. (2025). Optimal provision of opiate substitution therapy and needle and syringe programmes: a multi-method realist evaluation. Health Technology Assessment. https://doi.org/10.3310/hgds4449

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