Table 8.8 Year 2004 discharges from DETOXIFICATION1 by number of prior treatment episodes, 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 26 States and jurisdictions that offered substance abuse detoxification and reported these data to TEDS.]
No. of prior treatment episodes	Total	Reason for discharge, transfer, or discontinuance of treatment
		Completed	Transferred	Completed or transferred	Dropped out	Terminated	Other
Total discharges	211,161	131,476	28,706	160,182	34,570	4,512	11,897
	Number
None	67,634	42,958	10,184	53,142	8,166	1,043	5,283
1 prior treatment episode	33,425	19,445	6,447	25,892	5,262	652	1,619
2 prior treatment episodes	21,701	13,232	3,596	16,828	3,489	494	890
3 prior treatment episodes	14,246	8,499	2,378	10,877	2,506	316	547
4 prior treatment episodes	8,915	5,393	1,300	6,693	1,635	235	352
5 or more prior treatment episodes	36,346	21,042	4,003	25,045	8,738	1,303	1,260
No. of discharges	182,267	110,569	27,908	138,477	29,796	4,043	9,951
	Column percent
None	37.1	38.9	36.5	38.4	27.4	25.8	53.1
1 prior treatment episode	18.3	17.6	23.1	18.7	17.7	16.1	16.3
2 prior treatment episodes	11.9	12.0	12.9	12.2	11.7	12.2	8.9
3 prior treatment episodes	7.8	7.7	8.5	7.9	8.4	7.8	5.5
4 prior treatment episodes	4.9	4.9	4.7	4.8	5.5	5.8	3.5
5 or more prior treatment episodes	19.9	19.0	14.3	18.1	29.3	32.2	12.7
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
	Row percent
None	100.0	63.5	15.1	78.6	12.1	1.5	7.8
1 prior treatment episode	100.0	58.2	19.3	77.5	15.7	2.0	4.8
2 prior treatment episodes	100.0	61.0	16.6	77.5	16.1	2.3	4.1
3 prior treatment episodes	100.0	59.7	16.7	76.4	17.6	2.2	3.8
4 prior treatment episodes	100.0	60.5	14.6	75.1	18.3	2.6	3.9
5 or more prior treatment episodes	100.0	57.9	11.0	68.9	24.0	3.6	3.5
Total	100.0	60.7	15.3	76.0	16.3	2.2	5.5
	Median length of stay (days)
None	2	1	4		2	3	1
1 prior treatment episode	3	3	4		2	3	1
2 prior treatment episodes	3	3	4		2	2	2
3 prior treatment episodes	3	4	4		2	2	2
4 prior treatment episodes	3	4	4		2	2	2
5 or more prior treatment episodes	4	5	4		2	2	2
Total	3	3	4		2	2	1
	Average length of stay (days)
None	12	8	28		20	18	3
1 prior treatment episode	14	9	27		18	25	6
2 prior treatment episodes	13	11	21		16	17	8
3 prior treatment episodes	9	8	15		9	21	6
4 prior treatment episodes	8	7	16		9	10	6
5 or more prior treatment episodes	7	6	12		5	8	6
Total	11	8	23		13	16	5
1 Includes free-standing residential detoxification (n = 189,870; 90 percent), hospital detoxification (n = 14,672; 7 percent), and ambulatory detoxification (n = 6,619; 3 percent). 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.