Table 4.6 Year 2005 discharges from INTENSIVE 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 32 States and jurisdictions that offered intensive outpatient substance abuse treatment and reported these data to TEDS.]
Frequency of use	Total	Reason for discharge, transfer, or discontinuance of treatment
Frequency of use	Total	Completed	Transferred	Completed or transferred	Dropped out	Terminated	Other
Total discharges	134,703	48,718	24,964	73,682	32,567	17,152	11,302
	Number
No use in the past month	43,805	18,607	7,939	26,546	8,122	5,237	3,900
1-3 times in the past month	17,676	5,796	3,423	9,219	4,376	2,628	1,453
1-2 times per week	13,289	4,521	2,504	7,025	3,409	1,827	1,028
3-6 times per week	19,659	6,776	3,410	10,186	5,220	2,591	1,662
Daily	37,627	11,859	7,211	19,070	11,052	4,568	2,937
No. of discharges	132,056	47,559	24,487	72,046	32,179	16,851	10,980
	Column percent
No use in the past month	33.2	39.1	32.4	36.8	25.2	31.1	35.5
1-3 times in the past month	13.4	12.2	14.0	12.8	13.6	15.6	13.2
1-2 times per week	10.1	9.5	10.2	9.8	10.6	10.8	9.4
3-6 times per week	14.9	14.2	13.9	14.1	16.2	15.4	15.1
Daily	28.5	24.9	29.4	26.5	34.3	27.1	26.7
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	42.5	18.1	60.6	18.5	12.0	8.9
1-3 times in the past month	100.0	32.8	19.4	52.2	24.8	14.9	8.2
1-2 times per week	100.0	34.0	18.8	52.9	25.7	13.7	7.7
3-6 times per week	100.0	34.5	17.3	51.8	26.6	13.2	8.5
Daily	100.0	31.5	19.2	50.7	29.4	12.1	7.8
Total	100.0	36.0	18.5	54.6	24.4	12.8	8.3
	Median length of stay (days)
No use in the past month	56	68	49		38	51	47
1-3 times in the past month	50	63	48		34	46	50
1-2 times per week	46	59	46		30	40	44
3-6 times per week	41	52	43		26	36	40
Daily	36	45	42		23	34	39
Total	46	58	45		29	42	44
	Average length of stay (days)
No use in the past month	86	99	82		67	81	82
1-3 times in the past month	82	98	81		61	76	89
1-2 times per week	77	93	78		57	69	87
3-6 times per week	70	83	78		50	63	76
Daily	71	79	93		51	60	78
Total	78	91	84		57	70	81
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.