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Table C.3
INTENSIVE OUTPATIENT treatment discharges:
Average length of stay in treatment (mean), maximum length of stay, and standard deviation of the mean: TEDS 2004
INTENSIVE OUTPATIENT: Gender Mean Maximum Standard deviation
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All  72.3  81.6  81.1  54.9  61.3  78.7 1,458 1,458 1,457 1,435 1,417 1,279 102.1  90.7 138.7  90.5  80.1 114.2
Male  68.2  74.6  74.4  53.4  59.1  76.7 1,435 1,331 1,322 1,435 1,353 1,279  94.2  78.7 128.2  88.7  79.6 116.0
Female  78.2  94.7  89.4  56.6  64.3  81.6 1,458 1,458 1,457 1,310 1,417 1,232 112.2 108.5 150.2  92.5  80.6 111.7
INTENSIVE OUTPATIENT: Age Mean Maximum Standard deviation
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All  72.4  81.8  81.1  54.9  61.4  78.8 1,458 1,458 1,457 1,435 1,417 1,279 102.1  90.8 138.7  90.6  80.1 114.3
<15  99.2 113.9  93.1  85.6  75.4 111.5 1,150 1,150 1,024 1,123   941   934 113.1 109.2 127.7 116.7  95.4 119.3
15-19  78.8  89.1  75.9  68.2  63.6  89.5 1,417 1,126 1,322 1,310 1,417 1,232  97.2  88.8 117.4  97.3  77.4 113.4
20-29  69.2  82.0  73.8  51.4  60.4  72.0 1,449 1,449 1,337 1,199 1,151 1,208  98.3  93.6 126.2  84.5  80.7 106.0
30-39  72.4  83.0  84.6  53.3  61.6  75.0 1,458 1,458 1,457 1,435 1,353 1,279 106.6  96.0 143.4  93.2  83.3 115.9
40-49  70.6  76.6  85.1  52.9  59.5  79.3 1,444 1,204 1,444 1,246   932 1,248 104.3  85.6 153.7  89.5  76.1 124.8
50+  69.6  70.5  89.5  52.6  59.3  73.9 1,217   796 1,217   990   680   858  96.7  72.9 150.7  84.6  72.4  98.0
INTENSIVE OUTPATIENT: Race/ethnicity Mean Maximum Standard deviation
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All  72.2  81.6  81.0  54.7  61.2  78.7 1,458 1,458 1,457 1,435 1,417 1,279 101.9  90.8 138.4  90.2  79.4 114.0
White  68.5  76.8  71.3  50.7  62.6  75.6 1,458 1,458 1,400 1,435 1,417 1,248  92.4  83.9 118.0  83.1  79.8 109.1
Black  81.2  95.4 105.4  59.8  64.7  78.8 1,457 1,449 1,457 1,310 1,032 1,279 125.2 112.0 181.9 101.1  84.5 124.2
Hispanic  75.4  90.5  70.5  64.4  48.6  94.0 1,353 1,063 1,099 1,127 1,353   801  95.1  91.6 102.9  98.9  64.1 106.7
Other  65.4  78.7  67.7  49.2  41.5  94.8 1,268 1,233 1,268 1,201   571   723  81.5  78.0  89.7  73.6  51.7 128.9
INTENSIVE OUTPATIENT: Primary substance Mean Maximum Standard deviation
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All  72.3  81.6  81.1  54.9  61.3  78.7 1,458 1,458 1,457 1,435 1,417 1,279 102.0  90.7 138.7  90.5  80.1 114.2
Alcohol  69.0  75.2  71.2  53.7  64.6  73.6 1,337 1,254 1,337 1,201 1,151 1,248  93.9  81.2 121.1  89.7  88.2 112.3
Opiates  75.2  84.8 115.4  47.9  48.7  87.0 1,457 1,331 1,457 1,245   806 1,232 130.1 101.6 206.0  83.4  65.9 140.7
Cocaine  68.7  80.2  83.4  52.7  57.7  65.0 1,458 1,458 1,280 1,258 1,353 1,279 106.8  98.1 146.5  92.6  80.3 107.2
Marijuana  79.3  91.1  79.7  65.7  67.9  83.3 1,449 1,449 1,322 1,435 1,032 1,035 100.9  96.5 125.6  95.6  79.7 106.7
Stimulants  70.0  89.7  70.1  50.9  55.8  80.7 1,417 1,062   891 1,150 1,417   588  87.3  96.4  82.3  81.0  68.1  92.5
Other/unk  82.9  82.7  88.3  64.5  60.6 117.2 1,134   783 1,134 1,127   914   876 119.9  89.1 156.4 123.1  84.2 151.8
INTENSIVE OUTPATIENT: Frequency Mean Maximum Standard deviation
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All  73.6  84.6  82.1  55.8  62.8  75.2 1,458 1,458 1,457 1,435 1,353 1,219 102.4  93.3 139.1  91.2  80.2 101.0
No past mth  84.6  97.5  79.1  69.1  74.2  79.9 1,337 1,331 1,337 1,310 1,151 1,096 101.0  97.5 116.1 101.2  85.2  97.7
1-3 past mth  75.7  91.5  77.1  55.9  68.8  76.1 1,449 1,449 1,277 1,174   942   655  99.8 100.7 124.4  84.4  83.2  90.1
1-2 past wk  71.5  85.2  71.6  55.6  62.7  78.4 1,272 1,162 1,272 1,201 1,043 1,219  95.0  89.6 115.0  82.0  86.4 111.3
3-6 past wk  67.0  76.2  77.0  52.3  57.5  68.2 1,280 1,233 1,280 1,199 1,018 1,202  99.3  84.1 141.5  89.5  78.0 102.0
Daily  65.8  69.0  93.9  48.6  51.9  72.3 1,458 1,458 1,457 1,435 1,353 1,211 108.2  87.4 169.0  89.5  70.4 104.9
INTENSIVE OUTPATIENT: Age at 1st use Mean Maximum Standard deviation
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All  70.2  78.1  81.1  52.5  61.8  72.7 1,458 1,458 1,457 1,435 1,417 1,279 100.5  86.4 141.0  87.3  80.2 113.4
12 & under  75.1  81.7  79.3  59.9  65.7  89.3 1,435 1,331 1,322 1,435 1,417 1,035 109.3  92.4 139.2 101.9  92.2 135.5
13-14  73.7  80.5  83.1  56.1  65.4  79.2 1,449 1,449 1,268 1,246 1,115 1,279 103.3  89.9 137.1  93.6  85.0 117.9
15-16  70.5  76.5  79.0  55.8  65.1  65.2 1,458 1,458 1,457 1,258 1,043 1,219  99.5  81.7 138.9  93.6  87.6  99.4
17-18  68.9  77.9  82.7  48.7  58.0  62.4 1,353 1,254 1,337 1,245 1,353 1,232  99.6  85.3 151.0  81.9  72.1 102.5
19-20  65.1  74.5  80.2  42.7  60.1  69.4 1,208 1,162 1,208 1,007   798 1,208  94.0  84.0 136.8  63.5  81.5 114.3
21-25  68.1  78.5  85.5  49.5  56.4  69.0 1,444   988 1,444 1,127   832   972 101.1  90.5 151.9  83.1  65.5 108.7
26+  65.4  75.0  79.1  48.5  57.5  67.9 1,277 1,155 1,277   945   622 1,211  91.0  81.4 134.0  74.8  66.0 105.2
INTENSIVE OUTPATIENT: Prior treatment Mean Maximum Standard deviation
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All  71.6  81.4  82.1  53.3  61.5  71.0 1,458 1,458 1,457 1,435 1,417 1,219 101.8  91.1 140.4  89.4  79.7  98.6
No prior  76.4  85.3  87.4  58.0  63.4  78.1 1,457 1,449 1,457 1,435 1,043   972 108.3  93.8 151.0  97.4  83.2 104.4
1 prior  71.4  80.2  82.1  53.6  61.4  66.9 1,444 1,155 1,444 1,199 1,353 1,202  99.4  84.4 137.2  89.5  81.2  89.4
2 prior  69.0  79.7  77.2  52.0  61.4  63.7 1,417 1,150 1,324 1,047 1,417 1,211  98.8  95.7 131.4  81.5  82.4  88.9
3 prior  67.3  77.5  79.2  48.6  57.6  71.0 1,458 1,458 1,256 1,169   736 1,035  98.3  93.7 137.5  77.5  67.5 107.7
4 prior  64.5  75.7  80.4  43.3  58.6  62.0 1,272   722 1,272 1,176   494 1,219  95.6  83.3 148.0  76.8  69.5  93.6
5+ prior  62.1  74.5  63.7  44.5  59.3  68.1 1,233 1,233 1,053 1,176   914 1,146  86.8  89.6  90.8  80.6  72.7 102.9
INTENSIVE OUTPATIENT: Referral source Mean Maximum Standard deviation
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All  72.1  81.5  81.1  54.6  61.4  77.6 1,458 1,458 1,457 1,435 1,417 1,279 102.2  90.9 139.1  90.5  80.2 111.8
Individual  64.3  68.4  88.0  45.6  54.1  83.4 1,458 1,458 1,457 1,258 1,353 1,208 104.6  83.5 166.5  81.0  77.3 131.0
Crim justice  81.1  92.5  79.3  67.6  71.1  76.6 1,435 1,331 1,337 1,435 1,151 1,211  99.4  91.5 117.9 105.2  82.5  98.0
A/D care prov  52.0  59.8  53.6  43.1  44.4  52.9 1,246   914 1,217 1,246   918   972  78.3  71.1  96.9  69.9  71.2  76.1
Other hlth care  71.7  76.8  99.2  48.6  56.8  91.0 1,417 1,199 1,272 1,199 1,417 1,279 122.1 103.9 180.8  88.9  88.4 145.7
School  91.0 102.0  77.6  81.3  77.8 108.0 1,201   588   904 1,201   941   934 108.8  96.1 129.3 100.5 111.3 118.0
Employer  63.7  68.2  61.8  57.4  43.3  94.2 1,248 1,155 1,134   990   282 1,248  87.9  70.9 126.5  95.9  38.7 186.0
Oth community  76.4  90.1  88.9  57.3  59.8  77.2 1,449 1,449 1,280 1,149 1,043 1,219 104.6 101.6 143.5  88.0  75.8 103.9
INTENSIVE OUTPATIENT: Employment Mean Maximum Standard deviation
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All  71.8  81.8  80.6  54.3  61.1  74.3 1,458 1,458 1,457 1,435 1,417 1,279 101.5  91.1 137.3  90.9  79.3 109.0
Employed  70.4  77.3  74.5  55.8  62.1  70.5 1,435 1,239 1,322 1,435 1,353 1,279  91.3  77.4 125.0  91.7  77.7 110.2
Full time  69.6  75.7  72.3  55.6  61.4  71.5 1,435 1,239 1,277 1,435 1,353 1,248  89.4  76.7 124.0  91.4  77.8 106.2
Part time  72.7  83.3  78.8  56.4  63.9  68.5 1,322 1,029 1,322 1,258   723 1,279  96.7  79.9 126.9  92.5  77.5 117.2
Unemployed  69.8  83.9  79.5  51.1  59.1  66.4 1,457 1,449 1,457 1,246 1,417 1,232 106.1 103.1 133.1  86.7  85.8 105.3
Not in lab force  74.6  84.5  86.2  56.3  61.8  84.5 1,458 1,458 1,400 1,310 1,032 1,200 104.7  94.3 149.4  94.0  75.8 111.2
INTENSIVE OUTPATIENT: Education Mean Maximum Standard deviation
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All  71.8  81.8  81.0  54.7  61.3  72.3 1,458 1,458 1,457 1,435 1,417 1,279 101.6  90.9 139.1  90.5  80.0 107.0
0-8  79.1 100.8  78.1  59.1  65.1  78.1 1,353 1,150 1,162 1,310 1,353 1,200 104.8  97.8 121.0  97.4  97.3 110.9
9-11  76.1  87.8  89.5  58.2  62.8  78.7 1,457 1,331 1,457 1,435 1,417 1,279 109.1  95.7 153.9  95.4  80.8 115.6
12 or GED  69.6  80.3  77.6  51.7  60.1  67.5 1,458 1,458 1,444 1,246 1,018 1,232  99.4  93.1 132.1  87.1  77.2 100.3
>12  66.3  71.5  74.9  52.4  58.7  66.2 1,324 1,204 1,324 1,258   972 1,146  91.2  76.5 132.8  84.4  73.2  99.4
SOURCE: Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS). Data received through 2.1.2006.

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