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Table 9.6 Year 2004 discharges from METHADONE OUTPATIENT treatment¹ by frequency of use, 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.]
Frequency of use	Total	Reason for discharge, transfer, or discontinuance of treatment
Frequency of use	Total	Completed	Transferred	Completed or transferred	Dropped out	Terminated	Other
Total discharges	31,828	3,859	5,555	9,414	14,084	4,096	4,234
	Number
No use in the past month	2,909	527	756	1,283	821	340	465
1-3 times in the past month	721	123	133	256	285	76	104
1-2 times per week	514	61	113	174	206	62	72
3-6 times per week	1,650	154	298	452	804	164	230
Daily	23,040	1,884	3,848	5,732	11,237	3,144	2,927
No. of discharges	28,834	2,749	5,148	7,897	13,353	3,786	3,798
	Column percent
No use in the past month	10.1	19.2	14.7	16.2	6.1	9.0	12.2
1-3 times in the past month	2.5	4.5	2.6	3.2	2.1	2.0	2.7
1-2 times per week	1.8	2.2	2.2	2.2	1.5	1.6	1.9
3-6 times per week	5.7	5.6	5.8	5.7	6.0	4.3	6.1
Daily	79.9	68.5	74.7	72.6	84.2	83.0	77.1
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
	Row percent
No use in the past month	100.0	18.1	26.0	44.1	28.2	11.7	16.0
1-3 times in the past month	100.0	17.1	18.4	35.5	39.5	10.5	14.4
1-2 times per week	100.0	11.9	22.0	33.9	40.1	12.1	14.0
3-6 times per week	100.0	9.3	18.1	27.4	48.7	9.9	13.9
Daily	100.0	8.2	16.7	24.9	48.8	13.6	12.7
Total	100.0	9.5	17.9	27.4	46.3	13.1	13.2
	Median length of stay (days)
No use in the past month	113	126	70		106	96	169
1-3 times in the past month	100	105	194		62	87	149
1-2 times per week	116	70	99		118	121	192
3-6 times per week	108	112	146		78	118	197
Daily	108	134	99		90	135	154
Total	108	127	100		89	129	157
	Average length of stay (days)
No use in the past month	226	226	202		208	233	293
1-3 times in the past month	210	182	263		161	265	270
1-2 times per week	225	203	235		207	210	294
3-6 times per week	223	212	270		179	222	327
Daily	216	258	233		185	232	269
Total	218	244	232		186	232	276
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.