Table 9.8 Year 2005 discharges from OUTPATIENT OPIOID REPLACEMENT therapy1 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 28 States and jurisdictions that offered opioid replacement outpatient substance abuse therapy and reported these data to TEDS.]
No. of prior treatment episodes	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
None	10,489	1,297	1,944	3,241	4,516	1,514	1,218
1 prior treatment episode	9,678	921	1,792	2,713	4,228	1,338	1,399
2 prior treatment episodes	8,029	667	1,465	2,132	3,561	1,100	1,236
3 prior treatment episodes	5,203	475	878	1,353	2,388	664	798
4 prior treatment episodes	3,116	272	517	789	1,542	338	447
5 or more prior treatment episodes	8,403	710	1,324	2,034	4,047	858	1,464
No. of discharges	44,918	4,342	7,920	12,262	20,282	5,812	6,562
	Column percent
None	23.4	29.9	24.5	26.4	22.3	26.0	18.6
1 prior treatment episode	21.5	21.2	22.6	22.1	20.8	23.0	21.3
2 prior treatment episodes	17.9	15.4	18.5	17.4	17.6	18.9	18.8
3 prior treatment episodes	11.6	10.9	11.1	11.0	11.8	11.4	12.2
4 prior treatment episodes	6.9	6.3	6.5	6.4	7.6	5.8	6.8
5 or more prior treatment episodes	18.7	16.4	16.7	16.6	20.0	14.8	22.3
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
	Row percent
None	100.0	12.4	18.5	30.9	43.1	14.4	11.6
1 prior treatment episode	100.0	9.5	18.5	28.0	43.7	13.8	14.5
2 prior treatment episodes	100.0	8.3	18.2	26.6	44.4	13.7	15.4
3 prior treatment episodes	100.0	9.1	16.9	26.0	45.9	12.8	15.3
4 prior treatment episodes	100.0	8.7	16.6	25.3	49.5	10.8	14.3
5 or more prior treatment episodes	100.0	8.4	15.8	24.2	48.2	10.2	17.4
Total	100.0	9.7	17.6	27.3	45.2	12.9	14.6
	Median length of stay (days)
None	97	116	74		77	147	143
1 prior treatment episode	140	173	126		109	197	206
2 prior treatment episodes	144	169	134		110	238	200
3 prior treatment episodes	135	154	144		101	216	189
4 prior treatment episodes	130	134	168		100	210	162
5 or more prior treatment episodes	135	145	171		105	195	158
Total	127	142	123		99	195	174
	Average length of stay (days)
None	202	208	200		168	257	254
1 prior treatment episode	264	279	249		235	309	320
2 prior treatment episodes	266	265	275		219	340	323
3 prior treatment episodes	253	260	263		208	335	302
4 prior treatment episodes	242	245	288		202	317	269
5 or more prior treatment episodes	241	231	298		206	288	266
Total	243	244	254		206	302	291
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.