Table 5.9 Year 2004 discharges from SHORT-TERM RESIDENTIAL treatment1 by treatment referral source, 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 by 25 States and jurisdictions that offered short-term residential substance abuse treatment and reported these data to TEDS.]
Treatment referral source	Total	Reason for discharge, transfer, or discontinuance of treatment
		Completed	Transferred	Completed or transferred	Dropped out	Terminated	Other
Total discharges	78,423	48,222	11,189	59,411	11,025	4,906	3,081
	Number
Self- or individual	27,132	16,563	3,369	19,932	4,447	1,685	1,068
Criminal justice/DUI	17,224	11,283	2,360	13,643	1,606	1,338	637
Substance abuse treatmt provider	15,208	8,231	3,593	11,824	1,899	714	771
Other health care provider	6,094	3,801	767	4,568	953	340	233
School	134	69	20	89	21	22	2
Employer	664	502	18	520	85	14	45
Other community referral	8,315	5,507	769	6,276	1,328	505	206
No. of discharges	74,771	45,956	10,896	56,852	10,339	4,618	2,962
	Column percent
Self- or individual	36.3	36.0	30.9	35.1	43.0	36.5	36.1
Criminal justice/DUI	23.0	24.6	21.7	24.0	15.5	29.0	21.5
Substance abuse treatmt provider	20.3	17.9	33.0	20.8	18.4	15.5	26.0
Other health care provider	8.2	8.3	7.0	8.0	9.2	7.4	7.9
School	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.5	0.1
Employer	0.9	1.1	0.2	0.9	0.8	0.3	1.5
Other community referral	11.1	12.0	7.1	11.0	12.8	10.9	7.0
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
	Row percent
Self- or individual	100.0	61.0	12.4	73.5	16.4	6.2	3.9
Criminal justice/DUI	100.0	65.5	13.7	79.2	9.3	7.8	3.7
Substance abuse treatmt provider	100.0	54.1	23.6	77.7	12.5	4.7	5.1
Other health care provider	100.0	62.4	12.6	75.0	15.6	5.6	3.8
School	100.0	51.5	14.9	66.4	15.7	16.4	1.5
Employer	100.0	75.6	2.7	78.3	12.8	2.1	6.8
Other community referral	100.0	66.2	9.2	75.5	16.0	6.1	2.5
Total	100.0	61.5	14.6	76.0	13.8	6.2	4.0
	Median length of stay (days)
Self- or individual	20	25	20		6	13	9
Criminal justice/DUI	24	27	26		9	16	19
Substance abuse treatmt provider	16	21	11		6	11	8
Other health care provider	14	18	17		5	11	9
School	21	24	30		10	17	41
Employer	23	26	23		7	11	11
Other community referral	22	27	17		8	14	10
Total	20	24	19		7	14	10
	Average length of stay (days)
Self- or individual	23	24	32		15	26	22
Criminal justice/DUI	33	33	37		25	34	31
Substance abuse treatmt provider	21	25	16		12	20	12
Other health care provider	21	21	27		14	26	17
School	30	23	68		24	21	41
Employer	22	25	30		9	17	12
Other community referral	26	28	34		16	25	22
Total	25	27	28		16	27	21
1 Excludes records where methadone use was planned.
SOURCE: Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS). Data received through 2.1.2006.