Table 2.6 Year 2004 discharges from methadone treatment, by type of service, according to 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 (methadone discharges only)	Total4	Reason for discharge, transfer, or discontinuance of treatment
		Completed	Transferred	Dropped out	Terminated	Other
Total	51,263	8,528	8,170	23,930	4,407	6,228
	Number
Outpatient1,2	31,828	3,859	5,555	14,084	4,096	4,234
Short-term residential1	538	235	53	139	80	31
Long-term residential1	812	323	186	202	69	32
Hospital residential1	109	70	8	23	6	2
Detoxification1,3	17,976	4,041	2,368	9,482	156	1,929
No. of discharges	51,263	8,528	8,170	23,930	4,407	6,228
	Column percent
Outpatient1,2	62.1	45.3	68.0	58.9	92.9	68.0
Short-term residential1	1.0	2.8	0.6	0.6	1.8	0.5
Long-term residential1	1.6	3.8	2.3	0.8	1.6	0.5
Hospital residential1	0.2	0.8	0.1	0.1	0.1	*
Detoxification1,3	35.1	47.4	29.0	39.6	3.5	31.0
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
	Row percent
Outpatient1,2	100.0	12.1	17.5	44.3	12.9	13.3
Short-term residential1	100.0	43.7	9.9	25.8	14.9	5.8
Long-term residential1	100.0	39.8	22.9	24.9	8.5	3.9
Hospital residential1	100.0	64.2	7.3	21.1	5.5	1.8
Detoxification1,3	100.0	22.5	13.2	52.7	0.9	10.7
Total	100.0	16.6	15.9	46.7	8.6	12.1
	Median length of stay (days)
Outpatient1,2	115	159	108	90	139	159
Short-term residential1	18	27	15	11	13	11
Long-term residential1	46	63	56	19	38	39
Hospital residential1	7	8	9	5	8	518
Detoxification1,3	16	20	15	13	69	18
Total	42	28	52	30	125	80
	Average length of stay (days)
Outpatient1,2	224	270	237	187	239	277
Short-term residential1	38	47	29	24	40	49
Long-term residential1	98	97	147	72	59	79
Hospital residential1	29	24	11	6	34	518
Detoxification1,3	37	35	55	34	109	32
Total	154	144	180	124	227	199
1 Includes only records where use of methadone in treatment was planned.
2 Includes methadone outpatient clients (n = 30,343; 95 percent) and methadone intensive outpatient clients (n = 1,485; 5 percent).
3 Includes ambulatory detoxification (n = 15,960; 89 percent), free-standing residential detoxification (n = 1,797; 10 percent), and hospital detoxification (n = 219; 1 percent).
4 Excludes records where Reason for discharge was unknown (n = 8,423; 14 percent).
* Less than 0.05 percent.
SOURCE: Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS). Data received through 2.1.2006.