Alcohol and other drug treatment services in Australia 2017–18
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2019) Alcohol and other drug treatment services in Australia 2017–18, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 01 December 2023.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2019). Alcohol and other drug treatment services in Australia 2017–18. Canberra: AIHW.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Alcohol and other drug treatment services in Australia 2017–18. AIHW, 2019.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Alcohol and other drug treatment services in Australia 2017–18. Canberra: AIHW; 2019.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2019, Alcohol and other drug treatment services in Australia 2017–18, AIHW, Canberra.
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In 2017–18, 952 publicly-funded alcohol and other drug treatment services provided just under 210,000 treatment episodes to an estimated 130,000 clients. The four most common drugs that led clients to seek treatment were alcohol (35% of all treatment episodes), amphetamines (27%), cannabis (22%) and heroin (6%). Two-thirds (66%) of all clients receiving treatment were male and the median age of clients was 34.
Related AODTS 2017–18 reports include:
- Key findings (includes data cubes, data visualisations and technical notes)
- State and Territory summaries
- Primary Health Network (PHN) analysis
- Pharmacotherapy in Australia
- ISSN: 2205-5088 (Online)
- ISBN: 978-1-76054-579-6 (Online)
- Cat. no: HSE 230
- Pages: 96