Table 6.3b Year 2000 discharges by reason for discharge, according to type of service: TEDS 2000 Average length of stay and median length of stay
[Based on linked admissions and discharge data reported to TEDS by 18 States and jurisdictions.]
Type of service	Total	Reason for discharge, transfer, or discontinuance of treatment
		Treatment completed	Transferred to other SA treatment	Left against professional advice	Terminated by facility	Incar- cerated	Death	Other
	Average length of stay
Ambulatory
Outpatient	93	122	78	77	77	109	125	71
Intensive outpatient	64	72	58	51	61	72	87	64
Residential/rehabilitation
Short-term (<31 days)	29	30	19	29	37	49	81	23
Long-term (31+ days)	63	92	49	42	59	45	68	47
Hospital	22	19	10	28	97	55	§	36
Detoxification1	11	9	14	9	23	32	9	7
Methadone	225	176	239	150	324	247	595	171
	Median length of stay
Ambulatory
Outpatient	57	91	43	42	34	75	80	30
Intensive outpatient	42	49	38	28	35	48	55	40
Residential/rehabilitation
Short-term (<31 days)	22	26	19	11	17	20	30	14
Long-term (31+ days)	38	75	29	23	28	30	43	28
Hospital	10	13	7	5	20	12	61	9
Detoxification1	4	5	5	2	3	9	1	2
Methadone	73	59	107	54	93	151	400	50
1 Includes free-standing residential detoxification (n = 69,563; 95 percent), ambulatory detoxification (n = 2,213; 3 percent), and hospital detoxification (n = 1,788; 2 percent).
§ Low precision; no estimate reported.
SOURCE: Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) - 4.1.02.