Treatment Episode Data Set

Collected By: SAMHSA

Sample Coverage and Dataset Characteristics: TEDS is an administrative data system providing descriptive information about the national flow of admissions to specialty providers of substance abuse treatment.  Approximately 1.6 million admission records are submitted to TEDS each year.  TEDS public use files for 1992-1999 are available for on-line analysis through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Data Archive (SAMHDA).  Data are collected from all 50 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. 

Key Variables:

• TEDS Discharge Data Set: Type of service at discharge; Date of last contact; Date of Discharge; Reason for discharge, transfer, or discontinuance of treatment
• TEDS Admissions: Minimum Data Set: Client/codependent; Transaction type (admission or transfer); Date of admission; Type of service at admission; Age; Sex; Race; Ethnicity; Number of prior treatment episodes; Principal source of referral; Education; Employment status; Substance problem [(primary, secondary, and tertiary); Usual route of administration; Frequency of use; Age at first use; Use of methadone planned as part of treatment]
• TEDS Admissions: Supplemental Data Set: Pregnancy status at time of admission; Veteran status; Psychiatric problem in addition to alcohol or drug problem; DSM diagnosis; Marital status; Living arrangement; Source of income/support; Health insurance; Expected/actual primary source of payment; Detailed: "Not in labor force"; Detailed: criminal justice referral; Days waited to enter treatment; Detailed drug code (primary, secondary, and tertiary)

Documentation: http://www.oas.samhsa.gov/2k2/TEDS/TEDS.cfm 

Indicative Studies/Presentations:

• Rawson, R. A., Maxwell, J. & Rutkowski, B. (2007). OxyContin Abuse: Who Are the Users? Am J Psychiatry, 164, 1634-1636
• Callaghan, R., Taylor, L. & Tavares, J. (2006). Addressing the needs of injection drug users in detoxification treatment.  Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 30(2), 165-166.