Table 3.9 Year 2004 discharges from 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 27 States and jurisdictions that offered 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	399,037	145,426	46,611	192,037	108,605	41,913	56,482
	Number
Self- or individual	85,187	21,204	11,043	32,247	24,170	9,505	19,265
Criminal justice/DUI	210,914	90,352	22,539	112,891	54,038	21,789	22,196
Substance abuse treatmt provider	18,299	6,114	2,435	8,549	5,671	1,658	2,421
Other health care provider	20,162	4,895	3,160	8,055	6,147	2,003	3,957
School	10,171	4,449	666	5,115	2,848	821	1,387
Employer	2,928	1,527	193	1,720	710	248	250
Other community referral	37,471	11,398	5,581	16,979	11,171	3,893	5,428
No. of discharges	385,132	139,939	45,617	185,556	104,755	39,917	54,904
	Column percent
Self- or individual	22.1	15.2	24.2	17.4	23.1	23.8	35.1
Criminal justice/DUI	54.8	64.6	49.4	60.8	51.6	54.6	40.4
Substance abuse treatmt provider	4.8	4.4	5.3	4.6	5.4	4.2	4.4
Other health care provider	5.2	3.5	6.9	4.3	5.9	5.0	7.2
School	2.6	3.2	1.5	2.8	2.7	2.1	2.5
Employer	0.8	1.1	0.4	0.9	0.7	0.6	0.5
Other community referral	9.7	8.1	12.2	9.2	10.7	9.8	9.9
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
	Row percent
Self- or individual	100.0	24.9	13.0	37.9	28.4	11.2	22.6
Criminal justice/DUI	100.0	42.8	10.7	53.5	25.6	10.3	10.5
Substance abuse treatmt provider	100.0	33.4	13.3	46.7	31.0	9.1	13.2
Other health care provider	100.0	24.3	15.7	40.0	30.5	9.9	19.6
School	100.0	43.7	6.5	50.3	28.0	8.1	13.6
Employer	100.0	52.2	6.6	58.7	24.2	8.5	8.5
Other community referral	100.0	30.4	14.9	45.3	29.8	10.4	14.5
Total	100.0	36.3	11.8	48.2	27.2	10.4	14.3
	Median length of stay (days)
Self- or individual	56	94	15		37	51	75
Criminal justice/DUI	76	107	39		50	55	63
Substance abuse treatmt provider	62	102	22		43	46	56
Other health care provider	60	97	20		40	50	103
School	84	102	59		61	68	97
Employer	67	84	28		44	71	43
Other community referral	60	99	24		45	42	66
Total	69	104	29		45	52	70
	Average length of stay (days)
Self- or individual	101	132	71		76	97	117
Criminal justice/DUI	111	141	79		85	91	103
Substance abuse treatmt provider	97	134	70		77	78	95
Other health care provider	115	146	85		88	104	148
School	125	141	106		100	107	142
Employer	98	111	71		79	107	86
Other community referral	98	131	72		79	80	107
Total	107	138	77		82	92	112
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.