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Table 4
Admissions by primary substance of abuse, according to type of service, source of referral to treatment, and opioid replacement therapy: TEDS 2005
Percent distribution
[Based on administrative data reported to TEDS by all reporting States and jurisdictions. See Table 6a.]
Type of service, source of
referral to treatment, and
opioid replacement therapy
All
admis-
sions
Primary substance at admission
Alcohol Opiates Cocaine Mari-
juana/
hashish
Stimulants Tran-
quil-
izers
Seda-
tives
Hallu-
cino-
gens
PCP Inhal-
ants
Other/
none
speci-
fied
Alcohol
only
With
secondary
drug
Heroin Other
opiates
Smoked
cocaine
Other
route
Metham-
phetamine/
amphet-
amine
Other
stimu-
lants
Total  1,849,548 398,656 324,990 254,345 67,887 185,236 71,255 292,250 169,489   981 8,039 4,361 2,057 2,807 1,372 65,823
Type of service                
Ambulatory  62.4  58.0  58.7  51.1  57.7  51.9  64.0  84.2  64.6  63.4  50.6  60.7  74.5  70.3  62.8  82.9
Outpatient  50.2  47.9  47.5  38.6  43.4  38.4  49.6  68.9  51.4  54.8  38.6  47.8  60.8  58.7  51.5  78.8
Intensive outpatient  10.8   9.3  10.8   5.8  11.0  13.1  13.9  15.1  12.9   8.0  10.8  10.8  12.9  11.4  10.2   3.7
Detoxification   1.4   0.8   0.3   6.7   3.3   0.5   0.5   0.2   0.3   0.6   1.2   2.1   0.8   0.2   1.1   0.3
Rehabilitation/residential  16.8  10.6  18.5  14.5  15.8  29.0  24.9  13.0  25.5  14.7  17.5  21.0  18.9  24.1  14.3   7.2
Short-term (<31 days)   8.7   6.4  11.2   6.6  10.6  14.6  13.3   6.1  10.1   6.4  11.2  14.4   9.4   9.2   7.1   3.5
Long-term (31+ days)   7.5   3.6   6.7   7.4   4.6  14.0  10.7   6.6  14.8   7.3   5.0   5.7   8.7  14.6   6.7   2.9
Hospital (non-detox)   0.6   0.6   0.6   0.5   0.6   0.5   1.0   0.4   0.6   0.9   1.2   0.9   0.8   0.4   0.5   0.8
Detoxification
(24-hour service)
 20.7  31.3  22.8  34.4  26.5  19.1  11.1   2.8   9.9  21.9  31.9  18.3   6.7   5.6  22.9   9.9
Free-standing residential  16.4  26.0  17.0  23.8  21.7  17.6   9.3   2.5   9.4  20.8  21.5  14.3   5.3   5.2  22.4   6.8
Hospital inpatient   4.3   5.3   5.9  10.6   4.8   1.5   1.7   0.3   0.5   1.1  10.4   4.0   1.4   0.4   0.4   3.1
Total  100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
No. of admissions  1,849,548 398,656 324,990 254,345 67,887 185,236 71,255 292,250 169,489   981 8,039 4,361 2,057 2,807 1,372 65,823
Source of referral to treatment                
Criminal justice/DUI  36.1  41.5  35.0  14.2  15.8  26.4  33.7  56.7  49.2  34.5  20.4  26.6  47.6  59.6  26.5  20.5
Self- or individual  33.6  28.4  31.3  59.3  51.7  37.6  31.7  15.9  23.8  30.6  40.2  37.7  24.4  17.9  37.4  54.4
Substance abuse treatment
provider
 10.2   8.6  12.7  14.7  13.5  15.4  11.7   5.5   5.1   7.2  14.2  10.6   9.0   7.8  11.0   3.2
Other health care provider   7.0   8.8   8.1   5.1  10.2   8.0   7.6   4.6   4.6   9.3  14.5  11.0   6.8   3.0   9.9   8.9
School (educational)   1.1   0.7   0.9   0.1   0.2   0.1   0.3   4.0   0.4   2.2   0.6   1.3   1.2      *   4.6   2.0
Employer/EAP   0.7   0.9   0.9   0.2   0.9   0.5   1.5   1.0   0.4   0.5   0.7   0.9   0.6   0.4   0.7   0.3
Other community referral  11.2  11.0  11.2   6.4   7.7  12.0  13.5  12.4  16.5  15.8   9.4  11.8  10.5  11.3  10.0  10.8
Total  100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
No. of admissions  1,780,047 385,591 313,797 247,632 64,938 177,717 68,172 282,108 162,496   962 7,715 4,100 1,969 2,711 1,314 58,825
Opioid replacement
therapy1
               
Yes   6.1   0.9   1.3  30.1  19.9   1.8   1.3   0.6   0.9   2.1   3.9   2.6   2.5   0.6   2.3   2.7
No  93.9  99.1  98.7  69.9  80.1  98.2  98.7  99.4  99.1  97.9  96.1  97.4  97.5  99.4  97.7  97.3
Total  100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
No. of admissions  1,669,665 367,850 293,052 246,343 61,576 171,418 66,326 264,711 148,709   858 7,242 4,038 1,732 2,685 1,238 31,887
1 Medication-assisted therapy with methadone or buprenorphine.
SOURCE: Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS). Data received through 10.3.06.

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