# Elopement Stats For Drug Rehab Facilities **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 18, 2024, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elopement-stats-for-drug-rehab-facilities/1000480 "2024-04-18T23:46:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2024, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elopement-stats-for-drug-rehab-facilities/1000480/1 "2024-04-18T23:46:13Z")
My Google Fu is failing me. I’m looking for a percentage of how many people leave x-day drug rehab treatment before completing. Like, if Sunny Acres averages about 30 new patients per month, how many of those will leave (based on a nationwide average) vs. how many will complete treatment? Anyone know where these stats can be found? ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2024, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elopement-stats-for-drug-rehab-facilities/1000480/2 "2024-04-18T23:51:18Z")
“Elopement”? Stranger ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2024, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elopement-stats-for-drug-rehab-facilities/1000480/3 "2024-04-18T23:54:04Z")
I tried that, no luck. HeyHomie ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2024, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elopement-stats-for-drug-rehab-facilities/1000480/4 "2024-04-19T00:11:41Z")
[Programme factors that influence completion of residential treatment](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16854661/) > Completion rates varied widely, from 3% to 92%, with an average of 48%. Higher completion rates were associated with lower counsellor caseloads, fewer beds, single rooms, shorter scheduled treatment durations, higher fees per client and provision of what could be termed a balanced treatment programme containing adequate amounts of individual counselling and programme-free time, and with only moderate demands for domestic duties. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2024, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elopement-stats-for-drug-rehab-facilities/1000480/5 "2024-04-19T00:51:17Z")
> [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > “Elopement”? > > Stranger I’ve heard elopement used for people who leave health facilities, particularly mental health ones, unexpectedly. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2024, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elopement-stats-for-drug-rehab-facilities/1000480/6 "2024-04-19T01:22:00Z")
From @don_t_ask’s stat it’s clear that the “average” is meaningless because facility quality and therefor completion rate varies from excellent to abysmal. You might reasonably ask Sunny Acres what their completion rate is, but that will tell you substantially nothing about New Beginnings in the next town over. Or maybe the next block over. I suspect a further confounder is how selective a facility is on accepting only patients who have the indicia of success, or anyone the county will pay them $50 / day to take in. So not only do comparisons between facilities matter, you need to compare the patient you intend to enroll with the patient population of the facility you intend to enroll them in. Tall order statistically speaking. ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2024, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elopement-stats-for-drug-rehab-facilities/1000480/7 "2024-04-19T05:03:14Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Tall order statistically speaking And even taller when patient confidentiality is followed. You might get aggregate statistics, but rehabs will not release any data that could identify an individual. I have to ask the OP, why do you want this data? ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2024, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elopement-stats-for-drug-rehab-facilities/1000480/8 "2024-04-19T12:04:17Z")
> [@scudsucker](#): > > I have to ask the OP, why do you want this data? I work in a drug rehab facility and our management is up in arms about our elopement rate. I have no iron in this fire, being a low-level grunt, but I’m curious about how our rate compares to the national average. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2024, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elopement-stats-for-drug-rehab-facilities/1000480/9 "2024-04-19T15:26:33Z")
Do facilities advertise their “graduation rates” like universities as an indicator of how successful they are at rehabilitating their clients?