Table 2.5 Year 2004 discharges, by type of service and reason for discharge: TEDS 2004 Number, percent distribution, and median and average lengths of stay
[Based on linked admission and discharge data reported to TEDS by 28 States and jurisdictions.]
Type of service (all discharges)	Total4	Reason for discharge, transfer, or discontinuance of treatment
		Completed	Transferred	Dropped out	Terminated	Other
	Number
Outpatient1	399,037	145,426	46,611	108,605	41,913	56,482
Intensive outpatient1	114,440	43,119	20,441	26,561	16,025	8,294
Short-term residential1	78,423	48,222	11,189	11,025	4,906	3,081
Long-term residential1	95,087	40,771	11,851	26,727	7,326	8,412
Hospital residential1	8,080	5,597	1,200	884	214	185
Detoxification1,2	211,161	131,476	28,706	34,570	4,512	11,897
Methadone3	51,263	8,528	8,170	23,930	4,407	6,228
No. of discharges	957,491	423,139	128,168	232,302	79,303	94,579
	Column percent
Outpatient1	41.7	34.4	36.4	46.8	52.9	59.7
Intensive outpatient1	12.0	10.2	15.9	11.4	20.2	8.8
Short-term residential1	8.2	11.4	8.7	4.7	6.2	3.3
Long-term residential1	9.9	9.6	9.2	11.5	9.2	8.9
Hospital residential1	0.8	1.3	0.9	0.4	0.3	0.2
Detoxification1,2	22.1	31.1	22.4	14.9	5.7	12.6
Methadone3	5.4	2.0	6.4	10.3	5.6	6.6
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
	Row percent
Outpatient1	100.0	36.4	11.7	27.2	10.5	14.2
Intensive outpatient1	100.0	37.7	17.9	23.2	14.0	7.2
Short-term residential1	100.0	61.5	14.3	14.1	6.3	3.9
Long-term residential1	100.0	42.9	12.5	28.1	7.7	8.8
Hospital residential1	100.0	69.3	14.9	10.9	2.6	2.3
Detoxification1,2	100.0	62.3	13.6	16.4	2.1	5.6
Methadone3	100.0	16.6	15.9	46.7	8.6	12.1
Total	100.0	44.2	13.4	24.3	8.3	9.9
	Median length of stay (days)
Outpatient1	69	104	29	45	53	70
Intensive outpatient1	42	52	42	28	37	41
Short-term residential1	20	25	19	7	14	10
Long-term residential1	46	79	35	21	36	41
Hospital residential1	11	14	9	7	12	13
Detoxification1,2	3	3	4	2	2	1
Methadone3	42	28	52	30	125	80
	Average length of stay (days)
Outpatient1	107	138	77	82	93	112
Intensive outpatient1	72	82	81	55	61	79
Short-term residential1	26	27	28	17	28	21
Long-term residential1	74	97	77	44	58	69
Hospital residential1	29	30	17	39	30	44
Detoxification1,2	11	8	23	13	16	14
Methadone3	154	144	180	124	227	199
1 Excludes records where methadone use was planned.
2 Includes free-standing residential detoxification (n = 189,870; 90 percent), hospital detoxification (n = 14,672; 7 percent), and ambulatory detoxification (n = 6,619; 3 percent).
3 Includes records where use of methadone in treatment was planned. May represent any service type.
4 Excludes records where Reason for discharge was unknown (n = 80,608; 8 percent).
SOURCE: Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS). Data received through 2.1.2006.