Table 9.8 Year 2004 discharges from METHADONE OUTPATIENT treatment1 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 23 States and jurisdictions that offered methadone outpatient substance abuse treatment 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	31,828	3,859	5,555	9,414	14,084	4,096	4,234
	Number
None	5,860	762	1,150	1,912	2,311	976	661
1 prior treatment episode	6,156	611	1,232	1,843	2,709	875	729
2 prior treatment episodes	4,711	458	871	1,329	2,034	685	663
3 prior treatment episodes	3,150	250	601	851	1,551	351	397
4 prior treatment episodes	2,034	166	361	527	1,019	217	271
5 or more prior treatment episodes	6,114	382	897	1,279	3,204	599	1,032
No. of discharges	28,025	2,629	5,112	7,741	12,828	3,703	3,753
	Column percent
None	20.9	29.0	22.5	24.7	18.0	26.4	17.6
1 prior treatment episode	22.0	23.2	24.1	23.8	21.1	23.6	19.4
2 prior treatment episodes	16.8	17.4	17.0	17.2	15.9	18.5	17.7
3 prior treatment episodes	11.2	9.5	11.8	11.0	12.1	9.5	10.6
4 prior treatment episodes	7.3	6.3	7.1	6.8	7.9	5.9	7.2
5 or more prior treatment episodes	21.8	14.5	17.5	16.5	25.0	16.2	27.5
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
	Row percent
None	100.0	13.0	19.6	32.6	39.4	16.7	11.3
1 prior treatment episode	100.0	9.9	20.0	29.9	44.0	14.2	11.8
2 prior treatment episodes	100.0	9.7	18.5	28.2	43.2	14.5	14.1
3 prior treatment episodes	100.0	7.9	19.1	27.0	49.2	11.1	12.6
4 prior treatment episodes	100.0	8.2	17.7	25.9	50.1	10.7	13.3
5 or more prior treatment episodes	100.0	6.2	14.7	20.9	52.4	9.8	16.9
Total	100.0	9.4	18.2	27.6	45.8	13.2	13.4
	Median length of stay (days)
None	90	102	92		74	83	146
1 prior treatment episode	106	132	89		83	153	172
2 prior treatment episodes	113	141	102		88	140	160
3 prior treatment episodes	111	139	99		91	147	152
4 prior treatment episodes	115	140	135		90	157	195
5 or more prior treatment episodes	113	152	119		94	120	155
Total	106	126	99		87	125	157
	Average length of stay (days)
None	209	213	231		180	215	260
1 prior treatment episode	219	241	217		183	244	303
2 prior treatment episodes	221	259	224		188	244	268
3 prior treatment episodes	217	267	215		187	248	277
4 prior treatment episodes	226	252	253		186	251	301
5 or more prior treatment episodes	223	285	262		193	202	272
Total	218	246	231		187	230	278
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.