Table TDI-16. Source of referral of clients entering treatment, 2007 or most recent year available [see all tables in this series...]

Part (i) New outpatient clients by country and source of referral (%)

Country		Self- referred	Family/ friends	Other drug treatment centres	General practitioners	Hospital/ medical source	Social services	Court/ probation/ police	Other	Source known (n)	Source not known
Belgium	(1)	32.3	19.5	2.0	0.8	5.1	5.1	26.2	8.9	492	155
Bulgaria		26.4	52.8	3.4	2.8	7.3	0.6	1.1	5.6	178	19
Czech Republic		31.0	32.3	5.1	4.2	3.1	6.8	12.9	4.7	914	119
Denmark	(2)	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1434	0
Germany		29.2	17.2	3.0	10.0	1.4	12.1	23.9	3.2	16460	239
Estonia		:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:
Ireland		30.5	18.8	5.4	8.6	6.5	13.0	14.4	2.9	1888	69
Greece		18.1	60.4	4.8	1.2	1.3	2.2	2.2	9.7	1135	17
Spain	(3)	26.4	21.3	9.7	18.2	5.2	2.7	13.8	2.8	18439	3894
France		23.6	8.9	1.6	6.1	3.5	4.1	48.1	4.1	8820	605
Italy		37.4	5.2	16.9	1.6	2.2	2.7	24.2	9.7	34766	820
Cyprus		17.6	59.9	5.7	1.1	3.6	1.4	6.1	4.7	279	18
Latvia		43.1	14.2	0.0	0.6	27.3	0.5	13.7	0.6	620	7
Lithuania		:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	0	318
Luxembourg		:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	0	17
Hungary	(4)	9.8	3.2	0.9	0.9	0.9	1.3	82.2	0.8	2729	4
Malta	(5)	44.0	32.7	4.9	1.6	6.0	0.3	6.0	4.4	364	53
Netherlands	(6)	24.2	1.2	3.5	36.1	7.4	0.5	19.9	7.3	3449	2629
Austria	(7)	26.5	11.1	3.8	3.2	1.5	10.9	29.4	13.6	1690	36
Poland		:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:
Portugal	(8)	19.9	19.3	29.2	1.0	8.6	4.2	11.5	6.5	2981	2143
Romania	(9)	22.9	6.0	4.8	0.2	3.0	1.5	48.4	13.2	463	5
Slovenia		77.2	12.7	1.1	3.4	1.9	0.7	0.4	2.6	267	9
Slovakia		51.3	38.9	1.3	1.8	1.5	1.0	4.0	0.3	396	0
Finland		36.0	12.5	4.5	0.0	25.4	11.0	6.8	3.8	264	1
Sweden		38.0	18.7	2.1	4.7	5.0	19.7	4.4	7.4	679	2
Uk		31.2	0.0	6.0	11.5	10.9	2.8	25.2	12.5	43767	1054
Croatia		30.0	16.1	1.2	4.3	2.2	12.2	31.5	2.6	1477	23
Turkey		:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:
Norway		:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:
Total		31.3	8.9	8.6	8.9	5.7	4.2	24.5	7.9	143951	12256

Notes:

 : indicates data not available 

 Percentages are of clients whose source of referral is known (n). 

 (1) Last available data refer to 2005 and to outpatient centres and low-threshold agencies (aggregated data). Data do not cover Brussels Capital Region. 

 (2) All cases are reported as self-referred. 

 (3) Last data available refer to 2006 and to outpatient and prison treatment centres (aggregated data). 

 (4) Data refer to outpatient and inpatient treatmen centres (aggregated data). 

 (5) Data refer to 2006 and to  

 (6) Data refer to outpatient treatment centres and low threshold agencies (aggregated data). 

 (7) The category "Other" also includes jobs services and school 

 (8) One of the information sub-systems has not provided information on this item 

 (9) The category "Other" also includes prison. 

 See also ‘General notes for interpreting data’ on the Explanatory notes and help page. 

Sources:

 Reitox national reports 2008 — TDI — outpatient treatment centres. 

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