Table 10.6 Year 2005 discharges from OPIOID REPLACEMENT DETOXIFICATION¹ by frequency of use, according to reason for discharge: TEDS 2005 Number, percent distribution, and median and average lengths of stay
[Based on linked admission and discharge data reported by 20 States and jurisdictions that offered opioid replacement detoxification and reported these data to TEDS.]
Frequency of use	Number	Reason for discharge, transfer, or discontinuance of treatment
Frequency of use	Number	Completed	Transferred	Completed or transferred	Dropped out	Terminated	Other
Total discharges	23,632	8,270	4,618	12,888	8,532	724	1,488
	Number
No use in the past month	253	108	59	167	56	9	21
1-3 times in the past month	445	241	145	386	54	- -	5
1-2 times per week	547	318	150	468	62	5	12
3-6 times per week	1,289	474	324	798	404	15	72
Daily	20,842	7,019	3,897	10,916	7,909	643	1,374
No. of discharges	23,376	8,160	4,575	12,735	8,485	672	1,484
	Column percent
No use in the past month	1.1	1.3	1.3	1.3	0.7	1.3	1.4
1-3 times in the past month	1.9	3.0	3.2	3.0	0.6	- -	0.3
1-2 times per week	2.3	3.9	3.3	3.7	0.7	0.7	0.8
3-6 times per week	5.5	5.8	7.1	6.3	4.8	2.2	4.9
Daily	89.2	86.0	85.2	85.7	93.2	95.7	92.6
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
	Row percent
No use in the past month	100.0	42.7	23.3	66.0	22.1	3.6	8.3
1-3 times in the past month	100.0	54.2	32.6	86.7	12.1	- -	1.1
1-2 times per week	100.0	58.1	27.4	85.6	11.3	0.9	2.2
3-6 times per week	100.0	36.8	25.1	61.9	31.3	1.2	5.6
Daily	100.0	33.7	18.7	52.4	37.9	3.1	6.6
Total	100.0	34.9	19.6	54.5	36.3	2.9	6.3
	Median length of stay (days)
No use in the past month	7	5	7		15	2	18
1-3 times in the past month	5	4	7		9	- -	61
1-2 times per week	5	4	5		7	6	17
3-6 times per week	8	6	6		13	4	19
Daily	10	7	7		13	1	19
Total	9	7	7		13	1	19
	Average length of stay (days)
No use in the past month	54	19	52		107	130	64
1-3 times in the past month	19	8	21		51	- -	114
1-2 times per week	15	8	13		48	46	41
3-6 times per week	36	23	45		43	60	31
Daily	32	22	31		39	46	41
Total	32	21	32		40	48	41
¹ Includes ambulatory detoxification (n = 13,369; 57 percent), free-standing residential detoxification (n = 10,002; 42 percent), and hospital detoxification (n = 261; 1 percent) where opioid replacement therapy was planned.
- - Quantity is zero.
SOURCE: Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS). Data received through 10.03.06.