Table 2.6 Year 2005 discharges from opioid replacement therapy, by type of service, 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 to TEDS by 34 States and jurisdictions.]
Type of service (opioid replacement therapy discharges only)	Total1	Reason for discharge, transfer, or discontinuance of treatment
		Completed	Transferred	Dropped out	Terminated	Other
	Number
Outpatient2,3	49,209	5,340	8,526	21,923	6,222	7,198
Short-term residential2	1,317	669	315	232	86	15
Long-term residential2	1,340	364	213	501	185	77
Hospital residential2	184	92	15	61	13	3
Detoxification2,4	23,632	8,270	4,618	8,532	724	1,488
No. of discharges	75,682	14,735	13,687	31,249	7,230	8,781
	Column percent
Outpatient2,3	65.0	36.2	62.3	70.2	86.1	82.0
Short-term residential2	1.7	4.5	2.3	0.7	1.2	0.2
Long-term residential2	1.8	2.5	1.6	1.6	2.6	0.9
Hospital residential2	0.2	0.6	0.1	0.2	0.2	*
Detoxification2,4	31.2	56.1	33.7	27.3	10.0	16.9
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
	Row percent
Outpatient2,3	100.0	10.9	17.3	44.6	12.6	14.6
Short-term residential2	100.0	50.8	23.9	17.6	6.5	1.1
Long-term residential2	100.0	27.2	15.9	37.4	13.8	5.7
Hospital residential2	100.0	50.0	8.2	33.2	7.1	1.6
Detoxification2,4	100.0	35.0	19.5	36.1	3.1	6.3
Total	100.0	19.5	18.1	41.3	9.6	11.6
	Median length of stay (days)
Outpatient2,3	128	180	125	95	195	166
Short-term residential2	12	5	16	6	11	5
Long-term residential2	69	108	80	47	55	79
Hospital residential2	8	10	7	4	8	1
Detoxification2,4	9	7	7	13	1	19
	Average length of stay (days)
Outpatient2,3	245	289	254	202	302	283
Short-term residential2	22	22	21	18	36	11
Long-term residential2	129	191	126	96	103	122
Hospital residential2	60	106	8	11	36	2
Detoxification2,4	32	21	32	40	45	41
1 Excludes records where Reason for discharge was unknown (n = 9,704; 11 percent).
2 Includes only records where opioid replacement therapy was planned.
3 Includes outpatient opioid replacement clients (n = 46,702; 95 percent) and intensive outpatient opioid replacement clients (n = 2,507; 5 percent).
4 Includes ambulatory detoxification (n = 13,369; 57 percent), free-standing residential detoxification (n = 10,002; 42 percent), and hospital detoxification (n = 261; 1 percent).
* Less than 0.05 percent.
SOURCE: Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS). Data received through 10.3.06.