Table 8.9 Year 2004 discharges from DETOXIFICATION1 by treatment referral source, according to reason for discharge: TEDS 2004 Number, percent distribution, and median and average lengths of stay |
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[Based on linked admission and discharge data reported by 26 States and jurisdictions that offered substance abuse detoxification 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 | 211,161 | 131,476 | 28,706 | 160,182 | 34,570 | 4,512 | 11,897 |
Number | |||||||
Self- or individual | 115,364 | 70,420 | 14,102 | 84,522 | 23,412 | 2,916 | 4,514 |
Criminal justice/DUI | 31,933 | 19,817 | 3,578 | 23,395 | 2,754 | 498 | 5,286 |
Substance abuse treatmt provider | 18,737 | 10,755 | 4,057 | 14,812 | 2,563 | 253 | 1,109 |
Other health care provider | 18,889 | 11,906 | 3,326 | 15,232 | 2,723 | 384 | 550 |
School | 175 | 89 | 49 | 138 | 28 | 3 | 6 |
Employer | 455 | 274 | 84 | 358 | 51 | 4 | 42 |
Other community referral | 17,404 | 13,300 | 1,897 | 15,197 | 1,694 | 225 | 288 |
No. of discharges | 202,957 | 126,561 | 27,093 | 153,654 | 33,225 | 4,283 | 11,795 |
Column percent | |||||||
Self- or individual | 56.8 | 55.6 | 52.1 | 55.0 | 70.5 | 68.1 | 38.3 |
Criminal justice/DUI | 15.7 | 15.7 | 13.2 | 15.2 | 8.3 | 11.6 | 44.8 |
Substance abuse treatmt provider | 9.2 | 8.5 | 15.0 | 9.6 | 7.7 | 5.9 | 9.4 |
Other health care provider | 9.3 | 9.4 | 12.3 | 9.9 | 8.2 | 9.0 | 4.7 |
School | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
Employer | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.4 |
Other community referral | 8.6 | 10.5 | 7.0 | 9.9 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 2.4 |
Total | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Row percent | |||||||
Self- or individual | 100.0 | 61.0 | 12.2 | 73.3 | 20.3 | 2.5 | 3.9 |
Criminal justice/DUI | 100.0 | 62.1 | 11.2 | 73.3 | 8.6 | 1.6 | 16.6 |
Substance abuse treatmt provider | 100.0 | 57.4 | 21.7 | 79.1 | 13.7 | 1.4 | 5.9 |
Other health care provider | 100.0 | 63.0 | 17.6 | 80.6 | 14.4 | 2.0 | 2.9 |
School | 100.0 | 50.9 | 28.0 | 78.9 | 16.0 | 1.7 | 3.4 |
Employer | 100.0 | 60.2 | 18.5 | 78.7 | 11.2 | 0.9 | 9.2 |
Other community referral | 100.0 | 76.4 | 10.9 | 87.3 | 9.7 | 1.3 | 1.7 |
Total | 100.0 | 62.4 | 13.3 | 75.7 | 16.4 | 2.1 | 5.8 |
Median length of stay (days) | |||||||
Self- or individual | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
Criminal justice/DUI | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
Substance abuse treatmt provider | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
Other health care provider | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | |
School | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | |
Employer | 5 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 3 | |
Other community referral | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
Total | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
Average length of stay (days) | |||||||
Self- or individual | 12 | 9 | 25 | 10 | 13 | 28 | |
Criminal justice/DUI | 10 | 6 | 30 | 27 | 30 | 2 | |
Substance abuse treatmt provider | 9 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 6 | |
Other health care provider | 13 | 8 | 27 | 15 | 14 | 25 | |
School | 16 | 9 | 35 | 9 | 3 | 3 | |
Employer | 26 | 13 | 35 | 103 | 7 | 5 | |
Other community referral | 9 | 5 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 14 | |
Total | 11 | 8 | 24 | 13 | 15 | 14 | |
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. |