Table 9.5 Year 2004 discharges from METHADONE OUTPATIENT treatment1 by primary substance at admission, 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 23 States and jurisdictions that offered methadone outpatient substance abuse treatment and reported these data to TEDS.]
Primary substance at admission	Total	Reason for discharge, transfer, or discontinuance of treatment
		Completed	Transferred	Completed or transferred	Dropped out	Terminated
Total discharges	31,828	3,859	5,555	9,414	14,084	4,096	4,234
	Number
Alcohol	708	306	53	359	205	55	89
Opiates	30,183	3,358	5,354	8,712	13,504	3,925	4,042
Cocaine	441	70	94	164	184	61	32
Marijuana/hashish	222	83	12	95	77	20	30
Stimulants	80	21	8	29	31	8	12
Other/unknown	194	21	34	55	83	27	29
No. of discharges	31,828	3,859	5,555	9,414	14,084	4,096	4,234
	Column percent
Alcohol	2.2	7.9	1.0	3.8	1.5	1.3	2.1
Opiates	94.8	87.0	96.4	92.5	95.9	95.8	95.5
Cocaine	1.4	1.8	1.7	1.7	1.3	1.5	0.8
Marijuana/hashish	0.7	2.2	0.2	1.0	0.5	0.5	0.7
Stimulants	0.3	0.5	0.1	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.3
Other/unknown	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.7
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
	Row percent
Alcohol	100.0	43.2	7.5	50.7	29.0	7.8	12.6
Opiates	100.0	11.1	17.7	28.9	44.7	13.0	13.4
Cocaine	100.0	15.9	21.3	37.2	41.7	13.8	7.3
Marijuana/hashish	100.0	37.4	5.4	42.8	34.7	9.0	13.5
Stimulants	100.0	26.3	10.0	36.3	38.8	10.0	15.0
Other/unknown	100.0	10.8	17.5	28.4	42.8	13.9	14.9
Total	100.0	12.1	17.5	29.6	44.3	12.9	13.3
	Median length of stay (days)
Alcohol	64	89	56		43	48	47
Opiates	120	178	112		93	144	166
Cocaine	27	55	24		4	32	83
Marijuana/hashish	70	106	86		42	108	60
Stimulants	42	63	9		40	56	26
Other/unknown	97	119	99		64	122	135
Total	115	159	108		90	139	159
	Average length of stay (days)
Alcohol	124	138	153		104	132	100
Opiates	229	290	240		190	242	284
Cocaine	117	144	132		71	180	158
Marijuana/hashish	123	145	98		113	133	89
Stimulants	77	73	36		100	80	47
Other/unknown	199	203	207		159	207	294
Total	224	270	237		187	239	277
1 Clients includes methadone outpatient (n = 30,343; 95 percent) and methadone intensive outpatient (n = 1,485; 5 percent).
SOURCE: Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS). Data received through 2.1.2006.