The
DASIS Report: Discharges from Short-term Residential
Treatment, 2000
Highlights
- In 2000, 18 States submitted discharge records for substance abuse
treatment admissions to SAMHSA's Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS).
These States were: California, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Maine,
Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana,
Nebraska, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Utah, and Wyoming.
- In SAMHSA's Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS)
linked admission/ discharge records, 11 percent represented clients
who received short-term residential substance abuse treatment. Short
term residential treatment is defined as treatment that lasts no more
than 30 days. It does not include residential treatment over 30 days
or residential detoxification.
- The completion rate for short-term residential
treatment was highest (67%) for episodes where alcohol was the primary
substance of abuse. Over half completed their short-term residential
when their primary substance was opiates (59%), marijuana (58%), cocaine
(55%) or stimulants (53%).
- The median length of stay for completed short-term
residential treatment episodes was 26 days, ranging from 22 days for
alcohol to 28 days for marijuana.
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This Short Report, The
DASIS Report: Discharges from Short-term Residential Treatment,
2000, is based on the
Drug and Alcohol Services Information System (DASIS), the primary
source of national data on substance abuse treatment. DASIS is conducted
by the Office of Applied Studies (OAS)
in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
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