Correlates of residential detoxification completers and non-completers in Alberta

Abstract Objectives: We aimed to identify factors correlated with completion, non-completion and cycling between completion and non-completion among clients admitted to Alberta Residential Withdrawal Management Services. Methods: The study included data on clients from a provincial database (N = 20,020) admitted to residential withdrawal management units across Alberta between April 1, 2015, and March 31, 2022. We collapsed admission-level data into client-level data, where each individual’s information is captured as a unique record. Multinomial logistic regression was performed to investigate