Table 9.9 Year 2004 discharges from METHADONE OUTPATIENT 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 23 States and jurisdictions that offered methadone outpatient 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	31,828	3,859	5,555	9,414	14,084	4,096	4,234
	Number
Self- or individual	22,817	2,212	3,597	5,809	10,866	2,995	3,147
Criminal justice/DUI	2,221	452	263	715	979	288	239
Substance abuse treatmt provider	3,154	361	1,069	1,430	989	307	428
Other health care provider	1,376	222	282	504	517	204	151
School	13	- -	2	2	9	- -	2
Employer	43	9	5	14	18	5	6
Other community referral	745	72	131	203	357	116	69
No. of discharges	30,369	3,328	5,349	8,677	13,735	3,915	4,042
	Column percent
Self- or individual	75.1	66.5	67.2	66.9	79.1	76.5	77.9
Criminal justice/DUI	7.3	13.6	4.9	8.2	7.1	7.4	5.9
Substance abuse treatmt provider	10.4	10.8	20.0	16.5	7.2	7.8	10.6
Other health care provider	4.5	6.7	5.3	5.8	3.8	5.2	3.7
School	*	- -	*	*	0.1	- -	*
Employer	0.1	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1
Other community referral	2.5	2.2	2.4	2.3	2.6	3.0	1.7
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
	Row percent
Self- or individual	100.0	9.7	15.8	25.5	47.6	13.1	13.8
Criminal justice/DUI	100.0	20.4	11.8	32.2	44.1	13.0	10.8
Substance abuse treatmt provider	100.0	11.4	33.9	45.3	31.4	9.7	13.6
Other health care provider	100.0	16.1	20.5	36.6	37.6	14.8	11.0
School	100.0	- -	15.4	15.4	69.2	- -	15.4
Employer	100.0	20.9	11.6	32.6	41.9	11.6	14.0
Other community referral	100.0	9.7	17.6	27.2	47.9	15.6	9.3
Total	100.0	11.0	17.6	28.6	45.2	12.9	13.3
	Median length of stay (days)
Self- or individual	116	160	137		90	128	164
Criminal justice/DUI	106	105	123		100	130	102
Substance abuse treatmt provider	91	133	52		80	173	156
Other health care provider	78	95	101		60	96	101
School	51	- -	279		51	- -	457
Employer	48	108	10		38	111	35
Other community referral	105	108	87		84	239	112
Total	110	138	104		88	133	155
	Average length of stay (days)
Self- or individual	229	300	261		185	231	289
Criminal justice/DUI	201	173	234		193	253	186
Substance abuse treatmt provider	207	263	154		196	275	268
Other health care provider	208	202	247		179	221	224
School	155	- -	279		61	- -	457
Employer	163	237	123		189	105	54
Other community referral	204	190	210		168	320	199
Total	223	269	237		186	238	277
1 Clients includes methadone outpatient (n = 30,343; 95 percent) and methadone intensive outpatient (n = 1,485; 5 percent).
* Less than 0.05 percent.
- - Quantity is zero.
SOURCE: Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS). Data received through 2.1.2006.