Table 2.5 Year 2004 discharges, by type of service and 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 to TEDS by 28 States and jurisdictions.] | ||||||
Type of service (all discharges) | Total4 | Reason for discharge, transfer, or discontinuance of treatment | ||||
Completed | Transferred | Dropped out | Terminated | Other | ||
Number | ||||||
Outpatient1 | 399,037 | 145,426 | 46,611 | 108,605 | 41,913 | 56,482 |
Intensive outpatient1 | 114,440 | 43,119 | 20,441 | 26,561 | 16,025 | 8,294 |
Short-term residential1 | 78,423 | 48,222 | 11,189 | 11,025 | 4,906 | 3,081 |
Long-term residential1 | 95,087 | 40,771 | 11,851 | 26,727 | 7,326 | 8,412 |
Hospital residential1 | 8,080 | 5,597 | 1,200 | 884 | 214 | 185 |
Detoxification1,2 | 211,161 | 131,476 | 28,706 | 34,570 | 4,512 | 11,897 |
Methadone3 | 51,263 | 8,528 | 8,170 | 23,930 | 4,407 | 6,228 |
No. of discharges | 957,491 | 423,139 | 128,168 | 232,302 | 79,303 | 94,579 |
Column percent | ||||||
Outpatient1 | 41.7 | 34.4 | 36.4 | 46.8 | 52.9 | 59.7 |
Intensive outpatient1 | 12.0 | 10.2 | 15.9 | 11.4 | 20.2 | 8.8 |
Short-term residential1 | 8.2 | 11.4 | 8.7 | 4.7 | 6.2 | 3.3 |
Long-term residential1 | 9.9 | 9.6 | 9.2 | 11.5 | 9.2 | 8.9 |
Hospital residential1 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
Detoxification1,2 | 22.1 | 31.1 | 22.4 | 14.9 | 5.7 | 12.6 |
Methadone3 | 5.4 | 2.0 | 6.4 | 10.3 | 5.6 | 6.6 |
Total | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Row percent | ||||||
Outpatient1 | 100.0 | 36.4 | 11.7 | 27.2 | 10.5 | 14.2 |
Intensive outpatient1 | 100.0 | 37.7 | 17.9 | 23.2 | 14.0 | 7.2 |
Short-term residential1 | 100.0 | 61.5 | 14.3 | 14.1 | 6.3 | 3.9 |
Long-term residential1 | 100.0 | 42.9 | 12.5 | 28.1 | 7.7 | 8.8 |
Hospital residential1 | 100.0 | 69.3 | 14.9 | 10.9 | 2.6 | 2.3 |
Detoxification1,2 | 100.0 | 62.3 | 13.6 | 16.4 | 2.1 | 5.6 |
Methadone3 | 100.0 | 16.6 | 15.9 | 46.7 | 8.6 | 12.1 |
Total | 100.0 | 44.2 | 13.4 | 24.3 | 8.3 | 9.9 |
Median length of stay (days) | ||||||
Outpatient1 | 69 | 104 | 29 | 45 | 53 | 70 |
Intensive outpatient1 | 42 | 52 | 42 | 28 | 37 | 41 |
Short-term residential1 | 20 | 25 | 19 | 7 | 14 | 10 |
Long-term residential1 | 46 | 79 | 35 | 21 | 36 | 41 |
Hospital residential1 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 13 |
Detoxification1,2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Methadone3 | 42 | 28 | 52 | 30 | 125 | 80 |
Average length of stay (days) | ||||||
Outpatient1 | 107 | 138 | 77 | 82 | 93 | 112 |
Intensive outpatient1 | 72 | 82 | 81 | 55 | 61 | 79 |
Short-term residential1 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 17 | 28 | 21 |
Long-term residential1 | 74 | 97 | 77 | 44 | 58 | 69 |
Hospital residential1 | 29 | 30 | 17 | 39 | 30 | 44 |
Detoxification1,2 | 11 | 8 | 23 | 13 | 16 | 14 |
Methadone3 | 154 | 144 | 180 | 124 | 227 | 199 |
1 Excludes records where methadone use was planned. | ||||||
2 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). | ||||||
3 Includes records where use of methadone in treatment was planned. May represent any service type. | ||||||
4 Excludes records where Reason for discharge was unknown (n = 80,608; 8 percent). | ||||||
SOURCE: Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS). Data received through 2.1.2006. |