The
DASIS Report: Discharges from Long-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, 8 percent represented clients who received long-term residential
substance abuse treatment. Long term residential treatment is defined
as treatment that lasts more than 30 days. It does not include residential
detoxification or residential treatment of 30 days or less.
- The
completion rate for long-term residential treatment was highest (38%)
involving alcohol as the primary substance of abuse. The completion
rates for long-term residential treatment by other primary substances
were: marijuana (32%), stimulants (30%), opiates (29%), and cocaine
(29%).
- The
median length of stay for completed long-term residential treatment
episodes was 75 days, ranging from 73 days for cocaine to 91 days for
opiates.
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This Short
Report, The
DASIS Report: Discharges from Long-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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