This report presents results from the Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) for discharges aged 12 and older from substance abuse treatment in 2009. The report provides information on treatment completion, length of stay in treatment, and demographic and substance abuse characteristics of discharges from alcohol or drug treatment in facilities that reported to individual State administrative data systems. Data are presented for specific service types rather than for treatment episodes, which can involve treatment in multiple service types.

• Forty-five States and jurisdictions submitted 1,804,858 eligible records for discharges aged 12 and older occurring in 2009. (Georgia, the District of Columbia, Mississippi, New Mexico, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia had submitted no data or incomplete data for 2009 by October 10, 2011, and are excluded from this report.)
• Ninety percent of the eligible records (n = 1,620,588) could be linked to a TEDS admission record from 2000 through 2009. The 1,620,588 linked discharge records form the basis for this report [Tables 1.1a and 1.1b].
  

Type of Service

Of the 1,620,588 discharges aged 12 and older in 2009 [Table 1.2b]:¹

• 42 percent were discharged from outpatient treatment
• 20 percent were discharged from detoxification
• 12 percent were discharged from intensive outpatient treatment
• 11 percent were discharged from short-term residential treatment
• 8 percent were discharged from long-term residential treatment
• 6 percent were discharged from medication-assisted (i.e., using methadone or buprenorphine) opioid therapy or detoxification
• Less than 1 percent were discharged from hospital residential treatment
  

Reason for Discharge

Of the 1,620,588 discharges aged 12 and older in 2009 [Table 1.3b]:¹

• 47 percent of the discharges completed treatment
• 14 percent of the discharges were transferred to further treatment
• 25 percent of the discharges dropped out of treatment
• 7 percent of the discharges had treatment terminated by the facility
• 2 percent of the discharges were incarcerated
• 6 percent of the discharges failed to complete treatment for other reasons
  

Treatment Completion by Service Type

The treatment completion rate was 47 percent for discharges aged 12 and older from all service types combined. For the individual service types, treatment was completed by [Table 1.4]:

• 66 percent of discharges from detoxification
• 59 percent of discharges from hospital residential treatment
• 52 percent of discharges from short-term residential treatment
• 49 percent of discharges from medication-assisted opioid detoxification
• 46 percent of discharges from long-term residential treatment
• 42 percent of discharges from outpatient treatment
• 35 percent of discharges from intensive outpatient treatment
• 14 percent of discharges from outpatient medication-assisted opioid therapy
  

Median Length of Stay (LOS)

The median LOS in treatment by type of service was [Table 1.4]:

• 161 days for discharges from outpatient medication-assisted opioid therapy
• 92 days for discharges from outpatient treatment
• 60 days for discharges from intensive outpatient treatment
• 59 days for discharges from long-term residential treatment
• 22 days for discharges from short-term residential treatment
• 13 days for discharges from hospital residential treatment
• 6 days for discharges from medication-assisted opioid detoxification
• 4 days for discharges from detoxification
  

The median LOS by type of service, limited to only those who completed treatment was [Table 1.4]:

• 197 days for discharges completing outpatient medication-assisted opioid therapy
• 124 days for discharges completing outpatient treatment
• 90 days for discharges completing long-term residential treatment
• 85 days for discharges completing intensive outpatient treatment
• 27 days for discharges completing short-term residential treatment
• 19 days for discharges completing hospital residential treatment
• 5 days for discharges completing medication-assisted opioid detoxification
• 4 days for discharges completing detoxification

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