Table 9.5 Year 2005 discharges from OUTPATIENT OPIOID REPLACEMENT therapy¹ by primary substance at admission, 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.]
Primary substance at admission	Total	Reason for discharge, transfer, or discontinuance of treatment
Primary substance at admission	Total	Completed	Transferred	Completed or transferred	Dropped out	Terminated	Other
Total discharges	49,209	5,340	8,526	13,866	21,923	6,222	7,198
	Number
Alcohol	1,287	495	108	603	378	167	139
Opiates	46,098	4,492	8,205	12,697	20,738	5,776	6,887
Cocaine	687	123	114	237	255	137	58
Marijuana/hashish	490	107	27	134	233	68	55
Stimulants	360	58	29	87	200	37	36
Other/unknown	287	65	43	108	119	37	23
No. of discharges	49,209	5,340	8,526	13,866	21,923	6,222	7,198
	Column percent
Alcohol	2.6	9.3	1.3	4.3	1.7	2.7	1.9
Opiates	93.7	84.1	96.2	91.6	94.6	92.8	95.7
Cocaine	1.4	2.3	1.3	1.7	1.2	2.2	0.8
Marijuana/hashish	1.0	2.0	0.3	1.0	1.1	1.1	0.8
Stimulants	0.7	1.1	0.3	0.6	0.9	0.6	0.5
Other/unknown	0.6	1.2	0.5	0.8	0.5	0.6	0.3
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
	Row percent
Alcohol	100.0	38.5	8.4	46.9	29.4	13.0	10.8
Opiates	100.0	9.7	17.8	27.5	45.0	12.5	14.9
Cocaine	100.0	17.9	16.6	34.5	37.1	19.9	8.4
Marijuana/hashish	100.0	21.8	5.5	27.3	47.6	13.9	11.2
Stimulants	100.0	16.1	8.1	24.2	55.6	10.3	10.0
Other/unknown	100.0	22.6	15.0	37.6	41.5	12.9	8.0
Total	100.0	10.9	17.3	28.2	44.6	12.6	14.6
	Median length of stay (days)
Alcohol	44	71	24		24	36	36
Opiates	139	210	132		102	212	174
Cocaine	32	47	14		24	27	41
Marijuana/hashish	44	78	60		32	52	39
Stimulants	14	59	3		8	15	52
Other/unknown	59	84	55		39	88	127
Total	128	180	125		95	195	166
	Average length of stay (days)
Alcohol	85	99	101		64	71	98
Opiates	256	324	260		209	319	291
Cocaine	79	88	88		79	48	118
Marijuana/hashish	79	116	107		59	86	71
Stimulants	52	98	27		37	38	97
Other/unknown	155	150	163		107	306	157
Total	245	289	254		202	302	283
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.