Australian treatment stats
March 21, 2013
THE majority of publically funded
alcohol and other drug treatment
services closed in 2010-11 in
Australia were for clients receiving
treatment for their own drug use,
according to the latest report from
the Australian Institute of Health
and Welfare.
The finding was detailed in the
AIHW’s latest report, Alcohol and
other drug treatment services in
Australia 2010-11, which also found
that in most cases the client was
male (this ranged from 65% of
episodes in Victoria to 75% in
Tasmania).
In contrast, it was more common
for the client to be female in the
small number of episodes where
the client was receiving assistance
for someone else's drug use, and
this ranged from 56% of these
episodes in the Northern Territory
to 87% in Tasmania.
Interestingly, for episodes where
the client was receiving treatment
for their own drug use, alcohol was
the most common principal drug of
concern in all states and territories,
except Tasmania where alcohol and
cannabis were equally common.
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