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

Part (ii) All 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)	34.2	17.5	7.1	0.4	11.2	8.7	18.6	2.3	3138	444
Bulgaria		39.1	47.3	4.8	0.9	3.9	0.5	0.9	2.7	820	40
Czech Republic		43.0	20.9	9.5	3.2	3.3	5.0	11.3	3.8	1855	170
Denmark	(2)	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	4350	0
Germany		38.2	9.6	8.8	12.4	2.7	7.9	17.6	2.7	28337	766
Estonia		:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:
Ireland		34.1	12.0	11.0	8.1	9.2	9.7	10.4	5.5	4220	154
Greece		30.2	49.6	6.2	1.0	1.5	1.7	1.6	8.3	2232	42
Spain	(3)	32.3	15.5	14.9	12.7	5.9	2.2	14.0	2.5	39511	9772
France		34.0	8.9	5.4	7.3	4.5	4.7	32.2	3.1	26903	4771
Italy		45.2	5.0	14.1	1.3	2.0	2.4	19.8	10.3	50672	937
Cyprus		26.4	48.8	10.8	1.6	3.0	1.0	5.0	3.4	500	32
Latvia		:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:
Lithuania		:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	0	5715
Luxembourg		55.3	17.8	0.5	4.3	1.0	4.3	11.1	5.8	208	69
Hungary	(4)	16.6	3.5	2.5	1.6	1.9	1.4	71.7	0.8	4127	15
Malta	(5)	44.7	32.5	7.0	1.3	4.9	0.1	6.2	3.3	698	60
Netherlands	(6)	23.4	0.8	4.5	30.4	6.1	0.3	28.4	6.1	5259	3459
Austria	(7)	30.4	8.9	9.1	4.1	2.4	8.5	23.1	13.7	4023	140
Poland		:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:
Portugal	(8)	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:
Romania	(9)	22.9	6.3	4.7	1.0	2.9	1.4	48.0	12.9	490	5
Slovenia		80.7	7.9	4.2	1.8	1.5	0.5	0.9	2.4	659	30
Slovakia		62.7	27.8	1.1	1.4	1.4	0.7	4.7	0.1	802	4
Finland		38.0	6.5	17.5	0.0	24.6	7.1	3.7	2.6	1175	23
Sweden		45.2	10.9	3.9	3.0	4.0	23.0	5.2	4.9	1681	9
Uk		30.4	0.0	7.7	11.3	11.8	2.1	26.1	10.5	115941	4285
Croatia		52.8	10.2	0.9	11.8	1.4	5.5	15.0	2.3	6169	346
Turkey		:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:
Norway		:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:
Total		35.8	6.2	9.3	9.0	6.9	3.3	22.2	7.2	303770	31288

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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