Table 6.9 Year 2004 discharges from LONG-TERM RESIDENTIAL treatment1 by treatment referral source, according to reason for discharge: TEDS 2004 Number, percent distribution, and median and average lengths of stay
[Based on linked admission and discharge data reported by 28 States and jurisdictions that offered long-term residential substance abuse treatment and reported these data to TEDS.]
Treatment referral source	Total	Reason for discharge, transfer, or discontinuance of treatment
		Completed	Transferred	Completed or transferred	Dropped out	Terminated	Other
Total discharges	95,087	40,771	11,851	52,622	26,727	7,326	8,412
	Number
Self- or individual	27,973	11,467	3,345	14,812	8,327	1,671	3,163
Criminal justice/DUI	32,831	14,677	4,686	19,363	8,533	2,361	2,574
Substance abuse treatmt provider	14,666	5,804	1,367	7,171	4,600	1,677	1,218
Other health care provider	6,299	2,482	987	3,469	1,715	462	653
School	296	106	43	149	89	28	30
Employer	225	106	53	159	45	13	8
Other community referral	9,432	4,082	1,183	5,265	2,746	772	649
No. of discharges	91,722	38,724	11,664	50,388	26,055	6,984	8,295
	Column percent
Self- or individual	30.5	29.6	28.7	29.4	32.0	23.9	38.1
Criminal justice/DUI	35.8	37.9	40.2	38.4	32.7	33.8	31.0
Substance abuse treatmt provider	16.0	15.0	11.7	14.2	17.7	24.0	14.7
Other health care provider	6.9	6.4	8.5	6.9	6.6	6.6	7.9
School	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.4
Employer	0.2	0.3	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.1
Other community referral	10.3	10.5	10.1	10.4	10.5	11.1	7.8
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
	Row percent
Self- or individual	100.0	41.0	12.0	53.0	29.8	6.0	11.3
Criminal justice/DUI	100.0	44.7	14.3	59.0	26.0	7.2	7.8
Substance abuse treatmt provider	100.0	39.6	9.3	48.9	31.4	11.4	8.3
Other health care provider	100.0	39.4	15.7	55.1	27.2	7.3	10.4
School	100.0	35.8	14.5	50.3	30.1	9.5	10.1
Employer	100.0	47.1	23.6	70.7	20.0	5.8	3.6
Other community referral	100.0	43.3	12.5	55.8	29.1	8.2	6.9
Total	100.0	42.2	12.7	54.9	28.4	7.6	9.0
	Median length of stay (days)
Self- or individual	33	59	29		18	28	38
Criminal justice/DUI	56	88	43		24	38	47
Substance abuse treatmt provider	50	88	43		26	38	36
Other health care provider	30	51	28		15	28	36
School	47	85	42		30	22	37
Employer	28	55	21		20	20	40
Other community referral	47	75	36		21	37	36
Total	45	76	34		21	35	41
	Average length of stay (days)
Self- or individual	67	85	76		41	51	71
Criminal justice/DUI	81	105	80		47	62	69
Substance abuse treatmt provider	71	103	68		43	53	57
Other health care provider	68	82	75		41	69	79
School	77	95	72		70	56	57
Employer	60	86	26		29	91	53
Other community referral	70	90	77		41	58	62
Total	73	96	76		43	57	68
1 Excludes records where methadone use was planned.
SOURCE: Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS). Data received through 2.1.2006.