Table 9.6 Year 2005 discharges from OUTPATIENT OPIOID REPLACEMENT therapy1 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 28 States and jurisdictions that offered opioid replacement outpatient substance abuse therapy and reported these data to TEDS.]
Frequency of use	Total	Reason for discharge, transfer, or discontinuance of treatment
		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
No use in the past month	5,081	874	958	1,832	1,676	675	898
1-3 times in the past month	1,523	178	269	447	671	196	209
1-2 times per week	1,161	120	193	313	530	136	182
3-6 times per week	2,604	285	500	785	1,159	305	355
Daily	36,573	2,948	6,295	9,243	17,380	4,658	5,292
No. of discharges	46,942	4,405	8,215	12,620	21,416	5,970	6,936
	Column percent
No use in the past month	10.8	19.8	11.7	14.5	7.8	11.3	12.9
1-3 times in the past month	3.2	4.0	3.3	3.5	3.1	3.3	3.0
1-2 times per week	2.5	2.7	2.3	2.5	2.5	2.3	2.6
3-6 times per week	5.5	6.5	6.1	6.2	5.4	5.1	5.1
Daily	77.9	66.9	76.6	73.2	81.2	78.0	76.3
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	17.2	18.9	36.1	33.0	13.3	17.7
1-3 times in the past month	100.0	11.7	17.7	29.3	44.1	12.9	13.7
1-2 times per week	100.0	10.3	16.6	27.0	45.7	11.7	15.7
3-6 times per week	100.0	10.9	19.2	30.1	44.5	11.7	13.6
Daily	100.0	8.1	17.2	25.3	47.5	12.7	14.5
Total	100.0	9.4	17.5	26.9	45.6	12.7	14.8
	Median length of stay (days)
No use in the past month	115	101	126		93	147	155
1-3 times in the past month	91	99	111		67	123	147
1-2 times per week	105	115	142		69	133	142
3-6 times per week	100	98	141		72	111	137
Daily	125	175	121		96	202	164
Total	121	145	122		93	188	161
	Average length of stay (days)
No use in the past month	235	186	257		207	275	281
1-3 times in the past month	202	186	200		177	230	272
1-2 times per week	210	185	252		173	260	252
3-6 times per week	215	181	273		184	225	251
Daily	240	277	248		200	310	282
Total	236	246	249		199	298	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.