Table 2.5 Year 2005 discharges, by type of service and reason for discharge: TEDS 2005 Number, percent distribution, and median and average lengths of stay
[Based on linked admission and discharge data reported to TEDS by 34 States and jurisdictions.]
Type of service (all discharges)	Total1	Reason for discharge, transfer, or discontinuance of treatment
		Completed	Transferred	Dropped out	Terminated	Other
	Number
Outpatient2	592,057	212,078	73,652	171,454	62,556	72,317
Intensive outpatient2	134,703	48,718	24,964	32,567	17,152	11,302
Short-term residential2	128,756	72,221	22,452	19,760	9,300	5,023
Long-term residential2	117,142	45,422	15,166	36,003	10,214	10,337
Hospital residential2	7,301	4,877	1,141	842	290	151
Detoxification2,3	315,075	203,394	38,412	51,196	8,450	13,623
Opioid replacement therapy4	75,682	14,735	13,687	31,249	7,230	8,781
No. of discharges	1,370,716	601,445	189,474	343,071	115,192	121,534
	Column percent
Outpatient2	43.2	35.3	38.9	50.0	54.3	59.5
Intensive outpatient2	9.8	8.1	13.2	9.5	14.9	9.3
Short-term residential2	9.4	12.0	11.8	5.8	8.1	4.1
Long-term residential2	8.5	7.6	8.0	10.5	8.9	8.5
Hospital residential2	0.5	0.8	0.6	0.2	0.3	0.1
Detoxification2,3	23.0	33.8	20.3	14.9	7.3	11.2
Opioid replacement therapy4	5.5	2.4	7.2	9.1	6.3	7.2
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
	Row percent
Outpatient2	100.0	35.8	12.4	29.0	10.6	12.2
Intensive outpatient2	100.0	36.2	18.5	24.2	12.7	8.4
Short-term residential2	100.0	56.1	17.4	15.3	7.2	3.9
Long-term residential2	100.0	38.8	12.9	30.7	8.7	8.8
Hospital residential2	100.0	66.8	15.6	11.5	4.0	2.1
Detoxification2,3	100.0	64.6	12.2	16.2	2.7	4.3
Opioid replacement therapy4	100.0	19.5	18.1	41.3	9.6	11.6
Total	100.0	43.9	13.8	25.0	8.4	8.9
	Median length of stay (days)
Outpatient2	76	117	34	45	64	69
Intensive outpatient2	46	59	45	30	42	44
Short-term residential2	21	25	22	7	14	10
Long-term residential2	53	90	32	25	47	41
Hospital residential2	16	19	11	6	11	16
Detoxification2,3	3	4	4	2	3	1
Opioid replacement therapy4	52	21	39	51	154	120
	Average length of stay (days)
Outpatient2	117	152	97	86	101	121
Intensive outpatient2	79	91	85	57	71	84
Short-term residential2	26	27	27	19	26	37
Long-term residential2	88	128	67	54	78	72
Hospital residential2	48	55	25	36	30	79
Detoxification2,3	9	7	17	11	12	7
Opioid replacement therapy4	172	123	171	154	268	240
1 Excludes records where Reason for discharge was unknown (n = 84,052; 6 percent).
2 Excludes records where opioid replacement therapy was planned.
3 Includes free-standing residential detoxification (n = 234,725; 74 percent), hospital detoxification (n = 68,377; 22 percent), and ambulatory detoxification (n = 11,973; 4 percent).
4 Includes records where opioid replacement therapy was planned. May represent any service type.
SOURCE: Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS). Data received through 10.03.06.