Characteristics of Homeless Female Admissions to Substance Abuse Treatment, 2002

The DASIS Report:  Characteristics of Homeless Female Admissions to Substance Abuse Treatment, 2002

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• Of the admissions for whom living arrangement were recorded in SAMHSA's Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) in 2002, 13% (171,400) were homeless at the time of admission. Females comprised 20% of the homeless admissions.

• Compared with all female admissions, the service setting for women who were homeless at time of substance abuse treatment admission was more likely to be detoxification (42% vs. 19%) or residential/rehabilitation (26% vs. 18%) and less likely to be ambulatory settings (32% vs. 63%).

• Homeless female admissions were more likely than all female admissions to report cocaine/crack (24% vs. 17%) or heroin (21% vs. 16%) as their primary substance of abuse.

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This Short Report, The DASIS Report:  Characteristics of Homeless Female Admissions to Substance Abuse Treatment, 2002, is based on the Drug and Alcohol Services Information System (DASIS), the primary source of national data on substance abuse treatment.  DASIS is conducted by the Office of Applied Studies (OAS) in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).  

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