Table TDI-16. Source of referral of clients entering treatment, 2009 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		30.5	14.1	8.0	4.3	6.8	7.3	26.7	2.2	6919	362
Bulgaria		37.1	48.6	7.8	0.9	1.5	0.5	0.2	3.5	1388	13
Czech Republic		42.3	18.7	10.2	2.1	2.4	6.8	14.2	3.4	1937	70
Denmark	(1)	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	4959	0
Germany		41.0	8.1	8.0	11.9	2.7	8.7	16.9	2.6	46122	1531
Estonia	(2)	86.8	10.2	1.3	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.1	1.2	687	0
Ireland		37.0	9.8	13.5	8.3	8.7	10.4	8.0	4.3	4796	61
Greece		28.3	49.1	7.4	1.1	3.0	1.7	2.9	6.5	2954	30
Spain	(3)	34.8	15.4	12.9	12.4	5.6	2.3	13.1	3.4	43907	9248
France		35.5	9.3	6.4	7.2	5.0	3.7	29.4	3.5	37562	7069
Italy		44.2	6.5	11.2	2.2	5.2	2.0	7.2	21.4	51198	2943
Cyprus		38.3	38.2	12.2	1.2	1.6	0.4	5.8	2.3	566	6
Latvia		:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:
Lithuania		:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:
Luxembourg	(4)	46.3	18.4	6.8	2.7	0.7	8.2	7.5	9.5	147	47
Hungary		13.3	2.4	2.8	0.2	0.7	0.9	77.8	1.9	3936	23
Malta	(5)	49.1	28.9	5.1	4.1	3.8	0.4	4.8	3.9	1681	111
Netherlands	(6)	21.4	0.3	1.7	24.0	6.0	0.1	19.1	27.2	10294	304
Austria		30.0	8.9	8.2	3.5	3.5	10.9	23.9	11.1	4050	137
Poland	(7)	53.0	20.7	4.7	5.4	5.7	0.2	7.3	3.0	2068	14
Portugal		:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:
Romania	(8)	52.2	6.7	8.8	0.3	5.2	0.5	25.3	1.0	387	149
Slovenia		75.6	11.8	3.5	3.3	3.2	0.3	0.3	1.9	880	36
Slovakia		58.1	29.8	1.6	2.8	2.5	0.1	4.2	0.9	759	1
Finland		38.8	4.5	23.8	0.0	18.3	7.8	3.0	3.8	1110	33
Sweden		49.0	8.4	4.9	3.8	4.0	21.7	3.1	5.1	2314	44
United Kingdom		31.2	1.0	9.1	9.3	11.6	1.5	27.2	9.2	125133	6399
Croatia		60.7	8.7	1.6	10.0	1.0	2.4	13.7	1.9	6738	74
Turkey		:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:
Norway		:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:
Total		36.9	7.0	8.8	8.5	7.0	3.2	20.0	8.5	362492	28705

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 Low-threshold treatment centres (aggregated data).                       

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

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

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

 (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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