The
DASIS Report: Discharges Who Left Against Professional Advice,
2003
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Highlights
- Of the discharges for
substance abuse treatment reported to SAMHSA's 2003 Treatment Episode
Data Set (TEDS) with known reason for discharge, 28% (226,000) left
against professional advice and 44% (361,000) completed treatment. Others
were terminated by the facility (9%), transferred to another substance
abuse treatment program or facility (11%), or discharged for other reasons
(8%)
- Discharges who left
against professional advice were more likely than those who completed
treatment to have reported opiates (25% vs. 17%) and less
likely to have reported alcohol (35% vs. 47%) as the primary substance
of abuse.
- Discharges who left
against professional advice were more likely than those who completed
treatment to have have been in outpatient treatment (52% vs. 46%)
or methadone treatment (9% vs. 2%) and less likely to have been
in detoxification (25% vs. 30%) or residential treatment (14% vs 20%).
- Discharges who completed
substance abuse treatment were more likely than those who left
against professional advice to have been referred to treatment by the
criminal justice system (39% vs. 29%) and less likely and to
have been self or individually referred to treatment (34% vs. 40%).
Reports
on treatment
Reports on
opiates
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drugs
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Other OAS
publications and services
This OAS
Short Report, The
DASIS Report: Discharges Who Left Against Professional Advice,
2003,
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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