Treatment referral and completion
Insights
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The most common referral into treatment was self or family (37%, 91,419 episodes) in 2024–25
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Self or family referrals into treatment remained fairly stable between 2015–16 and 2024–25 (both 37%).
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The median length of treatment was 4 weeks for clients’ own AOD use and two weeks for clients who received support for someone else’s AOD use
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In 2024–25, 3 in 5 (59%, 143,496) treatment episodes ended as an expected or planned completion and this has been stable since 2015–16.