Table 6.10a Year 2001 discharges from METHADONE treatment by reason for discharge, according to type of service: TEDS 2001 Number and percent distribution
[Based on linked admissions and discharge data reported to TEDS by 22 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
	Number
Ambulatory
Outpatient	10,271	756	1,095	4,060	3,455	338	62	505
Intensive outpatient	994	197	26	245	506	3	2	15
Residential/rehabilitation
Short-term (<31 days)	199	65	13	77	35	1	- -	8
Long-term (31+ days)	857	207	21	212	401	3	- -	13
Hospital	185	61	41	55	24	1	- -	3
Detoxification	17,653	2,912	1,930	10,429	362	3	1	2,016
No. of discharges	30,159	4,198	3,126	15,078	4,783	349	65	2,560
	Row percent
Ambulatory
Outpatient	100.0	7.4	10.7	39.5	33.6	3.3	0.6	4.9
Intensive outpatient	100.0	19.8	2.6	24.6	50.9	0.3	0.2	1.5
Residential/rehabilitation
Short-term (<31 days)	100.0	32.7	6.5	38.7	17.6	0.5	- -	4.0
Long-term (31+ days)	100.0	24.2	2.5	24.7	46.8	0.4	- -	1.5
Hospital	100.0	33.0	22.2	29.7	13.0	0.5	- -	1.6
Detoxification	100.0	16.5	10.9	59.1	2.1	- -	*	11.4
Total	100.0	13.9	10.4	50.0	15.9	1.2	0.2	8.5
	Column percent
Ambulatory
Outpatient	34.1	18.0	35.0	26.9	72.2	96.8	95.4	19.7
Intensive outpatient	3.3	4.7	0.8	1.6	10.6	0.9	3.1	0.6
Residential/rehabilitation
Short-term (<31 days)	0.7	1.5	0.4	0.5	0.7	0.3	- -	0.3
Long-term (31+ days)	2.8	4.9	0.7	1.4	8.4	0.9	- -	0.5
Hospital	0.6	1.5	1.3	0.4	0.5	0.5	- -	0.1
Detoxification	58.5	69.4	61.7	69.2	7.6	- -	1.5	78.8
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	99.4	100.0	100.0
* 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) - 5.31.03.