Table TDI-16. Source of referral of clients entering treatment, 2008 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		36.7	47.7	7.8	1.1	2.9	0.2	0.7	2.8	1218	109
Czech Republic		43.3	19.8	10.4	3.0	2.8	7.2	9.5	4.1	1883	164
Denmark	(2)	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	4372	0
Germany		38.9	8.3	7.9	12.7	3.2	8.5	16.8	3.7	46381	2547
Estonia	(3)	86.2	11.7	0.0	0.2	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.3	625	0
Ireland		34.6	11.4	14.6	8.3	8.9	10.0	7.1	5.1	4768	70
Greece		27.4	47.5	8.3	1.5	3.3	1.1	3.0	7.8	2266	45
Spain	(4)	33.3	14.7	14.5	12.5	6.0	2.2	14.1	2.6	41547	9008
France		35.3	9.3	6.1	6.9	4.3	4.1	30.8	3.2	34803	6402
Italy		44.8	6.8	11.1	1.8	2.7	0.9	12.2	19.7	57269	1257
Cyprus		33.1	40.9	9.6	1.0	3.0	0.8	8.7	3.0	508	4
Latvia
Lithuania										0	5808
Luxembourg		56.9	14.4	0.6	1.2	3.6	13.8	7.8	1.8	167	73
Hungary		18.3	3.4	3.0	0.6	1.8	1.1	71.1	0.8	1995	7
Malta	(5)	44.7	32.5	7.0	1.3	4.9	0.1	6.2	3.3	698	60
Netherlands	(6)	21.5	0.4	1.9	23.3	7.3	0.2	17.1	28.3	9794	338
Austria	(7)	29.0	9.3	9.6	3.8	3.5	11.1	22.0	11.6	3796	163
Poland
Portugal
Romania	(8)	34.5	3.4	3.0	0.2	2.7	2.5	46.6	7.1	438	2
Slovenia		82.9	6.9	5.5	1.2	1.0	0.5	1.0	1.0	595	75
Slovakia		62.9	25.0	2.0	2.4	2.9	0.7	4.2	0.1	765	2
Finland		44.5	5.5	14.5	0.0	20.8	8.9	3.2	2.4	1109	11
Sweden		47.3	8.5	3.9	2.9	3.2	26.1	3.7	4.4	1775	26
United Kingdom		30.2	1.0	8.2	9.9	11.3	2.1	26.6	10.7	122175	1675
Croatia		62.2	10.6	0.9	4.9	0.9	3.7	15.2	1.7	6331	118
Turkey
Norway
Total		36.4	6.8	8.8	8.6	6.6	3.3	20.2	9.3	348416	28408

Notes:

 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) Estonia collects data on 11 variables, while EMCDDA collects data on 8 variables. Due to the differences some variables do not match and Estonia categorized their variables. 

 (4) Last data available refer to 2007 and to outpatient and prison treatment centres (aggregated data). 

 (5) Last data available refer to 2006 and to outpatient, inpatient treatment centres, low-threshold agencies, units in prison and dual-diagnosis unit of psychiatric hospital (aggregated data). 

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

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

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

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

Sources:

 Reitox national reports 2009 — TDI — outpatient treatment centres. 

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