Table 9.10 Year 2005 discharges from OUTPATIENT OPIOID REPLACEMENT therapy¹ by employment status (aged 16 and over), 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 28 States and jurisdictions that offered opioid replacement outpatient substance abuse therapy and reported these data to TEDS.]
Employment status	Total	Reason for discharge, transfer, or discontinuance of treatment
Employment status	Total	Completed	Transferred	Completed or transferred	Dropped out	Terminated	Other
Total discharges aged 16 and over	49,065	5,311	8,511	13,822	21,860	6,202	7,181
	Number
Employed	12,624	1,759	1,785	3,544	5,824	1,786	1,470
Full time	9,120	1,288	1,211	2,499	4,284	1,330	1,007
Part time	3,504	471	574	1,045	1,540	456	463
Unemployed	13,031	1,243	2,233	3,476	5,859	1,753	1,943
Not in labor force	22,157	1,989	4,314	6,303	9,741	2,536	3,577
No. of discharges	47,812	4,991	8,332	13,323	21,424	6,075	6,990
	Column percent
Employed	26.4	35.2	21.4	26.6	27.2	29.4	21.0
Full time	19.1	25.8	14.5	18.8	20.0	21.9	14.4
Part time	7.3	9.4	6.9	7.8	7.2	7.5	6.6
Unemployed	27.3	24.9	26.8	26.1	27.3	28.9	27.8
Not in labor force	46.3	39.9	51.8	47.3	45.5	41.7	51.2
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
	Row percent
Employed	100.0	13.9	14.1	28.1	46.1	14.1	11.6
Full time	100.0	14.1	13.3	27.4	47.0	14.6	11.0
Part time	100.0	13.4	16.4	29.8	43.9	13.0	13.2
Unemployed	100.0	9.5	17.1	26.7	45.0	13.5	14.9
Not in labor force	100.0	9.0	19.5	28.4	44.0	11.4	16.1
Total	100.0	10.4	17.4	27.9	44.8	12.7	14.6
	Median length of stay (days)
Employed	129	179	146		99	175	159
Full time	131	182	149		101	180	161
Part time	123	175	133		92	149	156
Unemployed	109	170	108		80	153	146
Not in labor force	139	185	126		102	242	172
Total	127	182	123		94	195	162
	Average length of stay (days)
Employed	244	301	277		200	274	278
Full time	248	307	278		204	279	285
Part time	234	283	275		188	260	263
Unemployed	218	277	220		179	262	252
Not in labor force	256	294	255		212	346	294
Total	243	292	250		200	301	279
¹ Includes outpatient opioid replacement therapy clients (n = 46,702; 95 percent) and intensive outpatient opioid replacement therapy clients (n = 2,507; 5 percent).
SOURCE: Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS). Data received through 10.03.06.