Table 8.8 Year 2005 discharges from DETOXIFICATION¹ by number of prior treatment episodes, 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 substance abuse detoxification and reported these data to TEDS.]
No. of prior treatment episodes	Total	Reason for discharge, transfer, or discontinuance of treatment
No. of prior treatment episodes	Total	Completed	Transferred	Completed or transferred	Dropped out	Terminated	Other
Total discharges	315,075	203,394	38,412	241,806	51,196	8,450	13,623
	Number
None	84,286	49,735	16,187	65,922	11,115	1,424	5,825
1 prior treatment episode	35,176	21,874	6,041	27,915	5,327	545	1,389
2 prior treatment episodes	23,109	14,515	3,558	18,073	3,679	466	891
3 prior treatment episodes	14,909	9,546	2,111	11,657	2,458	279	515
4 prior treatment episodes	9,803	6,253	1,340	7,593	1,646	203	361
5 or more prior treatment episodes	41,727	25,951	3,473	29,424	9,357	1,547	1,399
No. of discharges	209,010	127,874	32,710	160,584	33,582	4,464	10,380
	Column percent
None	40.3	38.9	49.5	41.1	33.1	31.9	56.1
1 prior treatment episode	16.8	17.1	18.5	17.4	15.9	12.2	13.4
2 prior treatment episodes	11.1	11.4	10.9	11.3	11.0	10.4	8.6
3 prior treatment episodes	7.1	7.5	6.5	7.3	7.3	6.3	5.0
4 prior treatment episodes	4.7	4.9	4.1	4.7	4.9	4.5	3.5
5 or more prior treatment episodes	20.0	20.3	10.6	18.3	27.9	34.7	13.5
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
	Row percent
None	100.0	59.0	19.2	78.2	13.2	1.7	6.9
1 prior treatment episode	100.0	62.2	17.2	79.4	15.1	1.5	3.9
2 prior treatment episodes	100.0	62.8	15.4	78.2	15.9	2.0	3.9
3 prior treatment episodes	100.0	64.0	14.2	78.2	16.5	1.9	3.5
4 prior treatment episodes	100.0	63.8	13.7	77.5	16.8	2.1	3.7
5 or more prior treatment episodes	100.0	62.2	8.3	70.5	22.4	3.7	3.4
Total	100.0	61.2	15.6	76.8	16.1	2.1	5.0
	Median length of stay (days)
None	3	2	4		2	3	1
1 prior treatment episode	3	3	4		2	3	2
2 prior treatment episodes	3	3	4		2	3	2
3 prior treatment episodes	3	4	4		2	2	2
4 prior treatment episodes	3	4	4		2	2	2
5 or more prior treatment episodes	4	4	4		2	2	2
Total	3	3	4		2	3	1
	Average length of stay (days)
None	12	8	17		21	22	4
1 prior treatment episode	14	10	23		19	19	6
2 prior treatment episodes	13	11	20		18	15	8
3 prior treatment episodes	10	8	19		12	12	8
4 prior treatment episodes	9	7	13		12	8	9
5 or more prior treatment episodes	6	6	10		5	6	7
Total	11	8	18		15	14	5
¹ 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). 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.