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Discharges Who Left Against Professional Advice: 2003

The DASIS Report: Discharges Who Left Against Professional Advice, 2003

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  • Of the discharges for substance abuse treatment reported to SAMHSA's 2003 Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) with known reason for discharge, 28% (226,000) left against professional advice and 44% (361,000) completed treatment. Others were terminated by the facility (9%), transferred to another substance abuse treatment program or facility (11%), or discharged for other reasons (8%)
  • Discharges who left against professional advice were more likely than those who completed treatment to have reported opiates (25% vs. 17%) and less likely to have reported alcohol (35% vs. 47%) as the primary substance of abuse.
  • Discharges who left against professional advice were more likely than those who completed treatment to have have been in outpatient treatment (52% vs. 46%) or methadone treatment (9% vs. 2%) and less likely to have been in detoxification (25% vs. 30%) or residential treatment (14% vs 20%).
  • Discharges who completed substance abuse treatment were more likely than those who left against professional advice to have been referred to treatment by the criminal justice system (39% vs. 29%) and less likely and to have been self or individually referred to treatment (34% vs. 40%).

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This OAS Short Report, The DASIS Report: Discharges Who Left Against Professional Advice, 2003, 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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