Table 8.9 Year 2004 discharges from DETOXIFICATION1 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 26 States and jurisdictions that offered substance abuse detoxification 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	211,161	131,476	28,706	160,182	34,570	4,512	11,897
	Number
Self- or individual	115,364	70,420	14,102	84,522	23,412	2,916	4,514
Criminal justice/DUI	31,933	19,817	3,578	23,395	2,754	498	5,286
Substance abuse treatmt provider	18,737	10,755	4,057	14,812	2,563	253	1,109
Other health care provider	18,889	11,906	3,326	15,232	2,723	384	550
School	175	89	49	138	28	3	6
Employer	455	274	84	358	51	4	42
Other community referral	17,404	13,300	1,897	15,197	1,694	225	288
No. of discharges	202,957	126,561	27,093	153,654	33,225	4,283	11,795
	Column percent
Self- or individual	56.8	55.6	52.1	55.0	70.5	68.1	38.3
Criminal justice/DUI	15.7	15.7	13.2	15.2	8.3	11.6	44.8
Substance abuse treatmt provider	9.2	8.5	15.0	9.6	7.7	5.9	9.4
Other health care provider	9.3	9.4	12.3	9.9	8.2	9.0	4.7
School	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Employer	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.4
Other community referral	8.6	10.5	7.0	9.9	5.1	5.3	2.4
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
	Row percent
Self- or individual	100.0	61.0	12.2	73.3	20.3	2.5	3.9
Criminal justice/DUI	100.0	62.1	11.2	73.3	8.6	1.6	16.6
Substance abuse treatmt provider	100.0	57.4	21.7	79.1	13.7	1.4	5.9
Other health care provider	100.0	63.0	17.6	80.6	14.4	2.0	2.9
School	100.0	50.9	28.0	78.9	16.0	1.7	3.4
Employer	100.0	60.2	18.5	78.7	11.2	0.9	9.2
Other community referral	100.0	76.4	10.9	87.3	9.7	1.3	1.7
Total	100.0	62.4	13.3	75.7	16.4	2.1	5.8
	Median length of stay (days)
Self- or individual	4	4	4		2	2	4
Criminal justice/DUI	1	1	4		1	3	1
Substance abuse treatmt provider	3	3	4		2	2	2
Other health care provider	3	3	4		2	2	3
School	3	2	5		2	3	3
Employer	5	5	7		4	6	3
Other community referral	2	1	4		2	2	4
Total	3	3	4		2	2	1
	Average length of stay (days)
Self- or individual	12	9	25		10	13	28
Criminal justice/DUI	10	6	30		27	30	2
Substance abuse treatmt provider	9	6	13		11	14	6
Other health care provider	13	8	27		15	14	25
School	16	9	35		9	3	3
Employer	26	13	35		103	7	5
Other community referral	9	5	22		20	19	14
Total	11	8	24		13	15	14
1 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). 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.