Table 6.3b Year 2001 discharges by reason for discharge, according to type of service: TEDS 2001 Average length of stay and median length of stay
[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
	Average length of stay
Ambulatory
Outpatient	92	122	68	78	70	104	133	91
Intensive outpatient	67	76	62	51	68	68	76	77
Residential/rehabilitation
Short-term (<31 days)	28	28	26	20	41	44	61	19
Long-term (31+ days)	57	82	50	34	62	56	68	41
Hospital	33	23	11	34	125	109	§	91
Detoxification1	12	11	8	10	29	19	4	9
Methadone2	72	59	98	51	130	172	361	50
	Median length of stay
Ambulatory
Outpatient	59	92	35	44	23	77	91	58
Intensive outpatient	42	51	39	28	36	44	42	49
Residential/rehabilitation
Short-term (<31 days)	21	25	20	8	20	19	41	10
Long-term (31+ days)	30	67	30	17	29	35	34	18
Hospital	10	14	8	6	25	96	§	44
Detoxification1	4	5	5	2	3	3	2	2
Methadone2	17	20	16	13	39	124	224	18
1 Includes free-standing residential detoxification (n = 116,855; 95 percent), ambulatory detoxification (n = 3,829; 3 percent), and hospital detoxification (n = 2,484; 2 percent). Excludes records where methadone use was planned.
2 Includes ambulatory, residential/rehabilitation, and outpatient records where methadone use was planned. See Chapter 6 and Tables 6.10a and 6.10b.
§ Low precision; no estimate reported.
SOURCE: Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) - 5.31.03.