| Table 8.3 Discharges from detoxification. Characteristics at admission, by treatment completion/transfer: TEDS 2006 Number, percent distribution, treatment completion/transfer rate, and median LOS |
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| [Based on linked admission and discharge data reported by 41 States and jurisdictions that offered substance abuse detoxification and reported these data to TEDS.] | |||||
| Characteristics at admission | No. of detoxifica- tion discharges |
Completed treatment or transferred to further treatment (percent distribution) |
Did not
complete treatment or transfer to further treatment (percent distribution) |
Rate of treatment completion or transfer to further treatment |
Median
LOS (days) among treatment completers |
| 349,381 | 77.7 | 4 | |||
| Gender | |||||
| Male | 263,638 | 75.2 | 76.5 | 77.4 | 4 |
| Female | 85,715 | 24.8 | 23.5 | 78.6 | 5 |
| 349,353 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 77.7 | 4 | |
| Age at admission | |||||
| Under 21 years | 12,217 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 74.4 | 5 |
| 21 to 30 years | 70,315 | 18.9 | 24.4 | 72.9 | 5 |
| 31 to 40 years | 99,561 | 28.0 | 30.3 | 76.2 | 4 |
| 41 to 50 years | 118,719 | 35.1 | 30.3 | 80.1 | 4 |
| Over 50 years | 48,433 | 14.7 | 11.0 | 82.3 | 4 |
| 349,245 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 77.7 | 4 | |
| Race/ethnicity | |||||
| White (non-Hispanic) | 183,776 | 52.2 | 54.6 | 76.9 | 4 |
| Black (non-Hispanic) | 88,803 | 26.1 | 23.3 | 79.6 | 4 |
| Hispanic origin | 58,214 | 16.5 | 17.4 | 76.8 | 4 |
| Other | 17,586 | 5.1 | 4.8 | 78.9 | 3 |
| 348,379 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 77.7 | 4 | |
| Primary substance | |||||
| Alcohol | 179,214 | 53.6 | 43.3 | 81.1 | 4 |
| Opiates | 104,878 | 27.9 | 37.5 | 72.1 | 5 |
| Marijuana | 5,991 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 75.0 | 5 |
| Cocaine | 38,947 | 11.2 | 11.0 | 78.0 | 4 |
| Stimulants | 12,338 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 75.5 | 5 |
| Other/unknown | 8,013 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 76.1 | 5 |
| 349,381 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 77.7 | 4 | |
| Frequency of use in past month | |||||
| No use | 5,673 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 76.7 | 7 |
| Some use | 67,676 | 21.4 | 14.1 | 84.4 | 3 |
| Daily use | 268,265 | 77.0 | 84.1 | 76.6 | 5 |
| 341,614 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 78.1 | 4 | |
| No. of prior treatment episodes | |||||
| None | 79,347 | 37.1 | 37.6 | 77.8 | 4 |
| 1 or more | 134,020 | 62.9 | 62.4 | 78.1 | 4 |
| 213,367 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 78.0 | 4 | |
| Treatment referral source | |||||
| Criminal justice/DUI | 29,088 | 8.6 | 8.4 | 78.0 | 3 |
| Individual | 214,044 | 60.8 | 70.0 | 75.0 | 5 |
| Health care/community | 97,527 | 30.7 | 21.6 | 83.1 | 4 |
| 340,659 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 77.6 | 4 | |
| Employment status | |||||
| Employed | 49,817 | 15.6 | 13.0 | 80.6 | 4 |
| Unemployed/Not in labor force | 282,286 | 84.4 | 87.0 | 77.1 | 4 |
| 332,103 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 77.6 | 4 | |
| Years of education | |||||
| Fewer than 12 years | 109,970 | 32.7 | 34.0 | 77.0 | 4 |
| 12 years (or GED) | 148,849 | 44.4 | 45.9 | 77.0 | 4 |
| More than 12 years | 74,197 | 22.9 | 20.1 | 79.8 | 4 |
| 333,016 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 77.6 | 4 | |
| SOURCE: Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS). Data received through 9.03.08. | |||||
