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Discharges from Detoxification: 2000

 

The DASIS Report:  Discharges from Detoxification, 2000

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  • 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 Administration (SAMHSA).  

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