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April 26, 2006

Discharges from Substance Abuse Treatment Services: Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS), 2003

A total of 937,499 records for clients discharged in Year 2003 were submitted by 26 States. Ninety-five percent of these records (n =888,432) could be linked to a TEDS admission record from 2000, 2001, 2002, or 2003 . . . The primary substance reported at admission for 40 percent of all Year 2003 linked discharges was alcohol. Nineteen percent reported opiates, 16 percent reported marijuana, 14 percent reported cocaine, and 8 percent reported stimulants . . .
Forty-two percent of Year 2003 discharges were from outpatient treatment, 23 percent were from detoxification, 12 percent were from intensive outpatient treatment, 8 percent each were from long-term residential treatment and
short-term residential treatment, 5 percent were from methadone treatment, and 1 percent were from hospital residential treatment

Posted by Gary Holden at April 26, 2006 8:47 AM