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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