[SAMHDA Announcements] Archive Announcements: DATOS and TEDS updates, new short report available

[JoAnne McFarland O'Rourke]

Updates from the archive include:

(1) The Drug Abuse Treatment Outcome Study (DATOS) file on the online data 
analysis system (DAS) now includes the time in treatment file. The archival 
version of the file is expected to be released in the next few weeks. In 
the meantime, the DAS may be used to subset and download the file. All 
DATOS files are available from the following page: 
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu:8080/SAMHDA-DISPLAY/02258.xml

(2) The DAS version of the 1994 Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) has been 
updated with data from the March, 2003 extract and now includes 100% of all 
records, additional variables such as number of substances reported, 
intravenous drug use (IDU), and flags for any mention of specific 
substances, and expanded values for certain variables such as all 
originally collected codes for race and ethnicity. The new file replaces 
the earlier version that contained a 25-percent sample of records. The 
archival version of the file should be released within the next week. We 
are in the process of completing similar updates for the 1992 and 1993 
TEDS. After these updates are complete, the concatenated TEDS file will be 
revised to include records for the 1992-2000 TEDS. All TEDS files are 
available from the following page: 
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu:8080/SAMHDA-SERIES/00056.xml

Call our toll-free helpline or email us with questions or for assistance 
downloading files.

New from OAS:

A new short report is available from OAS using the online data analysis 
system to examine geographic differences in IV drug use admissions in TEDS, 
"The DASIS Report: Analyzing Geographic Areas in TEDS", available at 
http://www.samhsa.gov/oas/2k3/TEDSgeo/TEDSgeo.cfm

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