ABSTRACT Changing weekend closure (from 1 to 2 days) of our methadone maintenance clinic, we compared patients' retention in treatment, discount payment privileges, take-home doses, and rate of drugs in urine tests during the 6 months before and after the change. No differences were found in the 6-month retention rate (94.6% and 95.4%) take-home dose privileges (60.9% and 58%) or the rate of urines positive to all substance abuse. Expanding closure of the clinic for a 2-day weekend had no adverse effect on treatment parameters, suggesting that a methadone maintenance clinic may keep the same hours as other hospital's outpatient clinics.
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