Table TDI-16. Source of referral of clients entering treatment, 2009 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		21.7	19.1	5.7	5.5	4.3	8.4	31.9	3.5	2951	20
Bulgaria		31.2	47.3	6.8	2.0	2.4	1.0	0.0	9.3	205	2
Czech Republic		28.9	27.3	4.4	2.9	1.8	10.8	18.6	5.2	951	43
Denmark	(1)	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1766	0
Germany		32.7	13.8	4.1	6.3	1.9	13.3	24.9	3.0	12824	176
Estonia	(2)	73.9	21.0	0.0	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.5	157	0
Ireland		34.3	14.1	5.6	9.7	10.4	12.4	12.0	1.5	2135	24
Greece		15.6	61.6	5.0	1.1	3.2	2.2	4.0	7.4	1554	11
Spain	(3)	29.7	20.5	8.4	15.9	4.6	2.5	14.4	4.1	19243	3701
France		23.3	9.5	1.7	5.2	3.6	4.0	48.0	4.7	9775	557
Italy		34.3	7.3	13.8	2.9	5.7	2.7	9.1	24.1	32034	1949
Cyprus		26.9	55.1	3.5	1.4	1.4	0.0	9.2	2.5	283	1
Latvia		51.1	1.0	18.5	0.0	4.2	0.2	24.9	0.0	405	69
Lithuania		:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:
Luxembourg		:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:
Hungary		7.4	2.9	1.2	0.2	0.5	0.9	85.0	1.9	2735	8
Malta	(4)	78.4	21.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	250	0
Netherlands	(5)	23.4	0.4	1.0	29.9	7.6	0.3	9.0	28.4	5545	146
Austria		28.0	10.7	3.6	3.0	2.8	15.4	25.4	11.0	1847	29
Poland	(6)	38.7	29.4	3.3	8.0	5.4	0.4	9.6	5.2	850	1
Portugal	(7)	21.0	9.4	19.3	0.5	11.8	7.6	14.9	15.4	6791	852
Romania	(8)	48.1	5.9	9.1	0.3	5.9	0.6	28.8	1.3	320	130
Slovenia		65.0	20.8	1.9	5.8	3.9	0.6	0.3	1.7	360	11
Slovakia		48.9	38.8	0.5	3.9	2.2	0.2	4.1	1.4	415	1
Finland		38.9	13.1	6.6	0.0	19.2	10.1	6.1	6.1	198	3
Sweden		42.0	15.1	1.9	6.2	5.1	18.9	2.8	8.0	958	18
Uk		33.0	1.5	6.9	10.5	9.0	1.7	24.9	12.5	40299	3023
Croatia		29.0	19.6	1.4	4.2	3.3	7.8	30.3	4.3	1183	18
Turkey		:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:
Norway		:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:
Total		31.5	9.5	7.9	8.2	6.1	4.1	20.6	12.2	146034	10793

Notes:

 : Indicates data are not available                       

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

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

 (2) Data refers to outpatient and inpatient treatment centres (aggregated data). There are no Social Services in Estonia. Other also covers orphanages. 

 (3) Last data available refer to 2008 and to outpatient and prison treatment centres (aggregated data). 

 (4) Data refers to outpatient and inpatient treatment centres, low-threshold services and prisons (aggregated data).                       

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

 (6) Data refers to 2008 and to 33 health care units.                       

 (7) Other includes 306 persons referred by risk reduction agencies (drop-in and street agency); 119 persons by School Institutions and 128 persons by the Commissions for the Dissuasion of Drug Use. 

 (8) For category Court / Probation / Police Prisons are included.                       

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

Sources:

 Reitox national reports 2010 — TDI — outpatient treatment centres. 

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