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1993-2003 Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) Report of Substance Abuse Treatment Admissions

Table 3.6
Admissions by primary substance of abuse, according to type of service and planned use of opioid treatment:1 TEDS 2003
Percent distribution
[Based on administrative data reported to TEDS by all reporting States and jurisdictions. See Table 4.2a.]
Type of service and planned use of opioid treatment 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  1,840,275 426,076 341,200 272,782 50,946 180,810 68,608 284,361 135,716 1,227 7,980 4,121 2,187 4,086 1,167 59,008
Type of service                
Ambulatory  61.2  57.8  56.1  51.4  54.9  51.4  61.6  83.7  64.6  68.1  48.7  55.0  68.1  64.3  61.4  80.6
Outpatient  49.1  48.1  45.7  38.1  40.6  38.3  47.0  68.1  52.0  59.1  37.2  43.3  54.3  52.0  48.3  74.0
Intensive outpatient  10.1   8.8   9.9   4.6  10.5  12.2  13.9  14.8  12.5   8.9   9.8  10.7  13.1  12.1  12.7   5.8
Detoxification   2.0   0.9   0.5   8.7   3.8   0.8   0.7   0.7   0.1   0.2   1.7   1.0   0.6   0.2   0.3   0.8
Rehabilitation/residential  16.9  10.9  19.8  13.8  15.9  27.9  25.4  13.8  25.6  14.7  16.8  22.7  24.4  25.9  22.8   9.2
Short-term (<31 days)   8.1   6.1  11.6   5.9   9.3  12.2  11.1   5.6   9.3   5.5   8.9  13.0  10.7   7.8  10.3   2.9
Long-term (31+ days)   8.1   3.9   7.3   7.3   5.5  15.2  13.0   7.7  15.8   8.4   6.1   8.5  13.0  17.4  11.0   5.0
Hospital (non-detox)   0.8   0.9   0.8   0.6   1.0   0.6   1.4   0.6   0.5   0.7   1.7   1.1   0.7   0.6   1.5   1.4
Detoxification
(24-hour service)
 21.9  31.3  24.1  34.7  29.2  20.7  13.0   2.5   9.8  17.2  34.5  22.3   7.5   9.9  15.9  10.2
Free-standing residential  17.3  26.0  18.1  24.0  23.8  18.8  11.3   2.3   9.5  16.2  20.3  16.8   6.6   9.6  15.2   6.4
Hospital inpatient   4.6   5.3   6.0  10.8   5.4   1.9   1.7   0.2   0.3   1.0  14.2   5.6   1.0   0.2   0.7   3.8
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  1,840,275 426,076 341,200 272,782 50,946 180,810 68,608 284,361 135,716 1,227 7,980 4,121 2,187 4,086 1,167 59,008
Planned use of opioid treatment1                
Yes   5.7   0.4   0.3  31.9  17.0   0.4   0.7   0.4   0.3   1.0   1.5   1.3   1.6   0.5   0.8   1.0
No  94.3  99.6  99.7  68.1  83.0  99.6  99.3  99.6  99.7  99.0  98.5  98.7  98.4  99.5  99.2  99.0
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  1,744,553 405,553 321,354 268,236 48,676 173,754 66,206 268,138 121,448 1,170 7,666 3,842 1,993 4,039 1,089 51,389
1 Treatment with the medications methadone, LAAM, or buprenorphine.
SOURCE: Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS). Data received through 4.11.05. 

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