Table 4.9 Year 2004 discharges from INTENSIVE 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 intensive 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	114,440	43,119	20,441	63,560	26,561	16,025	8,294
	Number
Self- or individual	32,014	11,419	5,043	16,462	8,489	4,786	2,277
Criminal justice/DUI	41,993	16,888	8,105	24,993	7,564	6,269	3,167
Substance abuse treatmt provider	10,174	3,330	2,361	5,691	2,601	988	894
Other health care provider	7,872	2,646	1,550	4,196	2,173	1,022	481
School	1,195	399	205	604	301	119	171
Employer	1,378	777	163	940	245	147	46
Other community referral	16,347	6,209	2,630	8,839	4,330	2,139	1,039
No. of discharges	110,973	41,668	20,057	61,725	25,703	15,470	8,075
	Column percent
Self- or individual	28.8	27.4	25.1	26.7	33.0	30.9	28.2
Criminal justice/DUI	37.8	40.5	40.4	40.5	29.4	40.5	39.2
Substance abuse treatmt provider	9.2	8.0	11.8	9.2	10.1	6.4	11.1
Other health care provider	7.1	6.4	7.7	6.8	8.5	6.6	6.0
School	1.1	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.2	0.8	2.1
Employer	1.2	1.9	0.8	1.5	1.0	1.0	0.6
Other community referral	14.7	14.9	13.1	14.3	16.8	13.8	12.9
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
	Row percent
Self- or individual	100.0	35.7	15.8	51.4	26.5	14.9	7.1
Criminal justice/DUI	100.0	40.2	19.3	59.5	18.0	14.9	7.5
Substance abuse treatmt provider	100.0	32.7	23.2	55.9	25.6	9.7	8.8
Other health care provider	100.0	33.6	19.7	53.3	27.6	13.0	6.1
School	100.0	33.4	17.2	50.5	25.2	10.0	14.3
Employer	100.0	56.4	11.8	68.2	17.8	10.7	3.3
Other community referral	100.0	38.0	16.1	54.1	26.5	13.1	6.4
Total	100.0	37.5	18.1	55.6	23.2	13.9	7.3
	Median length of stay (days)
Self- or individual	34	42	37		22	31	37
Criminal justice/DUI	51	62	47		35	46	44
Substance abuse treatmt provider	31	40	31		23	26	29
Other health care provider	35	42	45		23	29	43
School	56	74	37		51	42	70
Employer	44	49	40		31	34	50
Other community referral	44	57	48		30	37	44
Total	42	52	42		28	37	41
	Average length of stay (days)
Self- or individual	64	68	88		46	54	83
Criminal justice/DUI	81	92	79		68	71	77
Substance abuse treatmt provider	52	60	54		43	44	53
Other health care provider	72	77	99		49	57	91
School	91	102	78		81	78	108
Employer	64	68	62		57	43	94
Other community referral	76	90	89		57	60	77
Total	72	82	81		55	61	78
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.