Treatment Episode Data Set
Current Data Format
PDF reports, delimited, R, SAS, SPSS, OASIS interface
Comparable to National Dataset?
TEDS is national data. State-level data is not necessarily directly comparable to other states in dataset.
Data Owners
Strategic Data Need
Assess need for substance abuse treatment.
Strengths
TEDS accepts data revisions for admissions occurring in the previous 5 years to improve data quality (but admissions numbers reported may differ slightly from those in earlier/subsequent data)
Limitations
Does not represent total national demand for substance abuse treatment; differences in state systems of licensure, certification, accreditation, and disbursement of public funds affect scope of facilities included in dataset; may not include private for-profit agencies, hospitals, and state correctional system if not licensed through the state; does not include federal agency-operated facilities. Treatment admissions (TEDS-A) represent admissions rather than individuals, as a person may be admitted more than once.
Citation
Treatment Episode Data Set, Georgia Department of Behavioral Health & Developmental Disabilities. Available at https://pdas.samhsa.gov/#/