Table 3.6 Year 2005 discharges from OUTPATIENT treatment1 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 33 States and jurisdictions that offered outpatient substance abuse treatment and reported these data to TEDS.]
Frequency of use	Total	Reason for discharge, transfer, or discontinuance of treatment
		Completed	Transferred	Completed or transferred	Dropped out	Terminated	Other
Total discharges	592,057	212,078	73,652	285,730	171,454	62,556	72,317
	Number
No use in the past month	228,641	96,499	23,100	119,599	58,187	21,993	28,862
1-3 times in the past month	95,788	36,665	10,153	46,818	29,283	9,963	9,724
1-2 times per week	60,855	22,485	6,428	28,913	19,428	6,593	5,921
3-6 times per week	62,124	18,761	8,989	27,750	20,220	6,916	7,238
Daily	113,141	27,122	21,795	48,917	39,574	12,264	12,386
No. of discharges	560,549	201,532	70,465	271,997	166,692	57,729	64,131
	Column percent
No use in the past month	40.8	47.9	32.8	44.0	34.9	38.1	45.0
1-3 times in the past month	17.1	18.2	14.4	17.2	17.6	17.3	15.2
1-2 times per week	10.9	11.2	9.1	10.6	11.7	11.4	9.2
3-6 times per week	11.1	9.3	12.8	10.2	12.1	12.0	11.3
Daily	20.2	13.5	30.9	18.0	23.7	21.2	19.3
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	42.2	10.1	52.3	25.4	9.6	12.6
1-3 times in the past month	100.0	38.3	10.6	48.9	30.6	10.4	10.2
1-2 times per week	100.0	36.9	10.6	47.5	31.9	10.8	9.7
3-6 times per week	100.0	30.2	14.5	44.7	32.5	11.1	11.7
Daily	100.0	24.0	19.3	43.2	35.0	10.8	10.9
Total	100.0	36.0	12.6	48.5	29.7	10.3	11.4
	Median length of stay (days)
No use in the past month	87	118	57		51	67	81
1-3 times in the past month	73	112	40		43	60	63
1-2 times per week	77	117	42		44	61	64
3-6 times per week	65	124	22		41	57	57
Daily	55	127	13		40	56	61
Total	75	119	32		45	62	70
	Average length of stay (days)
No use in the past month	125	151	118		93	104	127
1-3 times in the past month	110	144	92		80	94	107
1-2 times per week	115	151	107		83	96	114
3-6 times per week	110	166	79		79	94	105
Daily	109	170	80		85	99	119
Total	117	154	97		86	99	119
1 Excludes records where opioid replacement therapy was planned.
SOURCE: Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS). Data received through 10.03.06.