Treatment Episode Data Sets: Admissions (TEDS-A) and Discharges (TEDS-D)
Organization
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Description
- De-identified data for admissions (TEDS-A) to or discharges (TEDS-D) from substance abuse treatment facilities of patients 12 years and older
- Contains all publically funded admissions/discharges (some facilities also report all other admissions but it varies)
- Demographics and substance abuse characteristics
- Discharge data contains demographic and social information, length of stay, service setting, substances abused, number of prior treatments, diagnosis codes, arrests in 30 days prior
Vintage/Release Frequency
Annual since 1992 for admissions and 2006 for discharges
Observational Unit
Admissions (same patient might be admitted multiple times)
Collection Methodology
- Record abstracts
- Number and client mix depends on availability of public funds to cover treatment
- Files may include multiple admissions for the same client, but the same client cannot be tracked through multiple admissions
User Guide/Data Dictionary
Dataset documentation available at same websites as data download
Proposal or Application required?
No
Special Notes
SAMHSA also contains National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), National Mental Health Services Survey (N-MHSS), National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS), Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN)