Table 8.9 Year 2005 discharges from DETOXIFICATION1 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 substance abuse detoxification 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	315,075	203,394	38,412	241,806	51,196	8,450	13,623
	Number
Self- or individual	174,045	107,168	20,613	127,781	35,835	5,437	4,992
Criminal justice/DUI	37,549	24,374	3,808	28,182	3,238	682	5,447
Alcohol/drug abuse care provider	30,030	18,984	5,430	24,414	3,591	568	1,457
Other health care provider	28,898	20,089	3,249	23,338	3,869	896	795
Other community referral	33,717	25,611	4,053	29,664	2,964	510	579
No. of discharges	304,239	196,226	37,153	233,379	49,497	8,093	13,270
	Column percent
Self- or individual	57.2	54.6	55.5	54.8	72.4	67.2	37.6
Criminal justice/DUI	12.3	12.4	10.2	12.1	6.5	8.4	41.0
Alcohol/drug abuse care provider	9.9	9.7	14.6	10.5	7.3	7.0	11.0
Other health care provider	9.5	10.2	8.7	10.0	7.8	11.1	6.0
Other community referral	11.1	13.1	10.9	12.7	6.0	6.3	4.4
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
	Row percent
Self- or individual	100.0	61.6	11.8	73.4	20.6	3.1	2.9
Criminal justice/DUI	100.0	64.9	10.1	75.1	8.6	1.8	14.5
Alcohol/drug abuse care provider	100.0	63.2	18.1	81.3	12.0	1.9	4.9
Other health care provider	100.0	69.5	11.2	80.8	13.4	3.1	2.8
Other community referral	100.0	76.0	12.0	88.0	8.8	1.5	1.7
Total	100.0	64.5	12.2	76.7	16.3	2.7	4.4
	Median length of stay (days)
Self- or individual	4	4	4		2	2	3
Criminal justice/DUI	1	1	4		1	3	1
Alcohol/drug abuse care provider	4	4	4		2	3	2
Other health care provider	3	4	4		2	3	2
Other community referral	2	1	5		2	3	3
Total	3	4	4		2	3	1
	Average length of stay (days)
Self- or individual	10	8	17		10	9	12
Criminal justice/DUI	10	7	26		24	32	2
Alcohol/drug abuse care provider	8	7	12		12	10	6
Other health care provider	11	8	22		14	9	12
Other community referral	7	5	13		15	12	10
Total	9	7	17		12	11	7
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.