Table 3.9 Year 2005 discharges from OUTPATIENT treatment1 by treatment referral source, 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.]
Treatment referral source	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
Self- or individual	126,803	30,986	19,566	50,552	40,851	15,116	20,284
Criminal justice/DUI	301,966	131,415	32,991	164,406	76,346	30,587	30,627
Alcohol/drug abuse care provider	36,882	11,023	4,769	15,792	13,373	3,417	4,300
Other health care provider	28,527	6,417	4,861	11,278	10,316	3,023	3,910
Other community referral	80,687	26,092	10,518	36,610	26,055	8,273	9,749
No. of discharges	574,865	205,933	72,705	278,638	166,941	60,416	68,870
	Column percent
Self- or individual	22.1	15.0	26.9	18.1	24.5	25.0	29.5
Criminal justice/DUI	52.5	63.8	45.4	59.0	45.7	50.6	44.5
Alcohol/drug abuse care provider	6.4	5.4	6.6	5.7	8.0	5.7	6.2
Other health care provider	5.0	3.1	6.7	4.0	6.2	5.0	5.7
Other community referral	14.0	12.7	14.5	13.1	15.6	13.7	14.2
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
	Row percent
Self- or individual	100.0	24.4	15.4	39.9	32.2	11.9	16.0
Criminal justice/DUI	100.0	43.5	10.9	54.4	25.3	10.1	10.1
Alcohol/drug abuse care provider	100.0	29.9	12.9	42.8	36.3	9.3	11.7
Other health care provider	100.0	22.5	17.0	39.5	36.2	10.6	13.7
Other community referral	100.0	32.3	13.0	45.4	32.3	10.3	12.1
Total	100.0	35.8	12.6	48.5	29.0	10.5	12.0
	Median length of stay (days)
Self- or individual	62	107	19		39	70	86
Criminal justice/DUI	85	120	44		51	63	67
Alcohol/drug abuse care provider	71	133	38		44	59	65
Other health care provider	57	120	17		39	63	77
Other community referral	67	112	35		43	57	60
Total	76	118	34		45	64	71
	Average length of stay (days)
Self- or individual	115	153	89		86	113	144
Criminal justice/DUI	122	151	109		90	95	113
Alcohol/drug abuse care provider	116	180	88		79	102	111
Other health care provider	119	174	85		87	116	156
Other community referral	107	148	84		81	94	105
Total	118	153	97		87	101	123
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.