Alcohol and other drug treatment services in the Australian Capital Territory 2009-10: findings from the National Minimum Data Set (NMDS)
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2011) Alcohol and other drug treatment services in the Australian Capital Territory 2009-10: findings from the National Minimum Data Set (NMDS), AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 07 December 2023.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2011). Alcohol and other drug treatment services in the Australian Capital Territory 2009-10: findings from the National Minimum Data Set (NMDS). Canberra: AIHW.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Alcohol and other drug treatment services in the Australian Capital Territory 2009-10: findings from the National Minimum Data Set (NMDS). AIHW, 2011.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Alcohol and other drug treatment services in the Australian Capital Territory 2009-10: findings from the National Minimum Data Set (NMDS). Canberra: AIHW; 2011.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2011, Alcohol and other drug treatment services in the Australian Capital Territory 2009-10: findings from the National Minimum Data Set (NMDS), AIHW, Canberra.
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In the Australian Capital Territory in 2009-10, 10 publicly funded alcohol and other drug treatment agencies provided 3,585 treatment episodes. Alcohol was the most common principal drug of concern (55%), followed by cannabis (17%) and heroin (14%). These proportions were similar to the previous year. Episodes reporting amphetamines as their principal drug of concern dropped by 3 percentage points from 9% in 2008-09 to 6% in 2009-10. The most common form of treatment in 2009-10 was counselling accounting for 30% of treatment episodes, followed by withdrawal management (21%).
- ISSN: 1446-9820
- ISBN: 978-1-74249-257-5
- Cat. no: AUS 150
- Pages: 16