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14.8 11.4

73.8

54.8

45.5 39.1

Short-Term Residential

Services

Longer-Term

Residential Services

Non-Residential

Services

P E R C E N T

Source: CASA Columbia analysis of The Treatment Episode

Data Set, Discharges(TEDS-D), 2008.

Figure 7.M

Percent of Treatment Admissions and

Completions by Different Types of

Treatment Service Venues, 2008

Admissions

Completions

Treatment Completion .....................................................................................................

In 2008,* less than half (42.1 percent) of

discharges from addiction treatment services†

were of admissions in which treatment was

completed.‡ 75 The highest completion rates

were from venues to which there were the least

referrals:

 14.8 percent of admissions were to short-

term residential services which had the

highest completion rate of 54.8 percent;

 11.4 percent of admissions were to longer-

term residential treatment which had a

completion rate of 45.5 percent; and

 73.8 percent of admissions were to non-

residential services which had the lowest

completion rate of 39.1 percent.^76

(Figure 7.M)

* Most recent available data on discharges.

† Specifically, those that received state funds and

reported data to TEDS. Data include only those

discharges that could be linked to admission data in

the 2008 TEDS dataset. The general completion rate

among all discharges (regardless of whether they

were linked to admission data) was 42.1 percent.

‡ All parts of the treatment plan or program were

completed.

Table 7.1

Admissions to Different Types of Treatment Service Venues

by Source of Referral, 2009 (Percent)

Source of
Referral

Non-

Intensive

Non-

Residential

Intensive

Non-

Residential

Short-Term

Residential

Longer-

Term

Residential

Total 63.3 14.6 11.9 10.2
Criminal
Justice
System

69.7 15.8 6.3 8.1

Individual
Referrals

61.0 13.7 14.2 11.1

Community
Sources

62.3 17.0 11.2 9.6

Addiction
Treatment
Providers

41.3 10.9 29.0 18.8

Health Care
Providers

60.2 12.7 17.5 9.6

Schools 88.2 9.6 1.3 0.9
Employers 67.3 16.7 13.6 2.5
Source: CASA analysis of The Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS),
2009.