The DASIS Report: Discharges
from Detoxification, 2000
Highlights
- In
2000, 18 States submitted discharge records for substance abuse treatment
admissions to SAMHSA's Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS). These States
were: California, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Maryland,
Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska,
New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Utah, and Wyoming.
- Based
on SAMHSA's Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) conducted in 2000, 23%
of the episodes represented clients who received detoxification services.
Most (95%) of the detoxification discharges were from free-standing
residential facilities, 3% were in ambulatory settings and 2% were in
hospital settings.
- The
completion rate for detoxification episodes was 52% while another 8%
involved those who were transferred to further treatment. The
median length of stay for completed detoxification episodes was 4 days.
- The
completion rate among detoxification episodes was highest when the primary
substance of abuse was alcohol (54%), cocaine (51%), opiates (49%),
and stimulants (49%).
- The
completion rate among detoxification episodes was lowest when the primary
substance of abuse was marijuana/hashish (38%).
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This Short
Report, The
DASIS Report: Discharges
from Detoxification, 2000, 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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