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Comparative health outcomes of buprenorphine versus methadone treatment for opioid use disorder: a retrospective propensity score-matched cohort study in the global federated electronic health record network

  • Igor Elman1
  • Mark Albanese2,3,4
  • Krisha Panchal5
  • Kathryn M Ramsey6
  • Dan J Elman7
  • David J Ramsey5,8
8 affiliations
  1. 1Cambridge Health Alliance Mental Health and Addictions, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
  2. 2Cambridge Health Alliance, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
  3. 3Physician Health Services, Massachusetts Medical Society, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA
  4. 4North Charles Institute for the Addictions Opioid Treatment Program, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
  5. 5Division of Ophthalmology, Department of Surgery, UMass Chan - Lahey School of Medicine, Burlington, Massachusetts, USA
  6. 6Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA
  7. 7Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
  8. 8Department of Ophthalmology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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@article{elman2026comparative,
  title = {{Comparative health outcomes of buprenorphine versus methadone treatment for opioid use disorder: a retrospective propensity score-matched cohort study in the global federated electronic health record network}},
  author = {Igor Elman and Mark Albanese and Krisha Panchal and Kathryn M Ramsey and Dan J Elman and David J Ramsey},
  journal = {BMJ Open},
  year = {2026},
  month = oct,
  doi = {10.1136/bmjopen-2026-122747},
  url = {https://bmjopen.bmj.com/lookup/doi/10.1136/bmjopen-2026-122747},
  note = {CC BY-NC 4.0},
}
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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Comparative health outcomes of buprenorphine versus methadone treatment for opioid use disorder: a retrospective propensity score-matched cohort study in the global federated electronic health record network
AU  - Igor Elman
AU  - Mark Albanese
AU  - Krisha Panchal
AU  - Kathryn M Ramsey
AU  - Dan J Elman
AU  - David J Ramsey
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/10/09
JO  - BMJ Open
DO  - 10.1136/bmjopen-2026-122747
UR  - https://bmjopen.bmj.com/lookup/doi/10.1136/bmjopen-2026-122747
SN  - 2044-6055
SN  - 2044-6055
ER  -