The DASIS Report: Discharges
from Detoxification, 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.
- Based
on SAMHSA's Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) conducted in 2000, 23% of the episodes
represented clients who received detoxification services. Most (95%) of the detoxification
discharges were from free-standing residential facilities, 3% were in ambulatory
settings and 2% were in hospital settings.
- The
completion rate for detoxification episodes was 52% while another 8% involved
those who were transferred to further treatment. The
median length of stay for completed detoxification episodes was 4 days.
- The
completion rate among detoxification episodes was highest when the primary substance
of abuse was alcohol (54%), cocaine (51%), opiates (49%), and stimulants (49%).
- The
completion rate among detoxification episodes was lowest when the primary substance
of abuse was marijuana/hashish (38%).
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This Short Report,
The
DASIS Report: Discharges
from Detoxification, 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
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