Alcohol and other drug treatment services in Australia: state and territory summaries

In 2017–18, 149 publicly funded alcohol and other drug treatment agencies in Victoria provided 67,944 closed treatment episodes to 33,006 clients (Tables SA.1 and SC.21).

In 2017–18, 3 in 4 (75%) clients in Victoria attended 1 agency, and received an average of 2.1 closed treatment episodes, which is higher than the national average of 1.6 episodes (Tables SC.21 and SC.23). This is due to the nuances of Victoria’s data collection system, where each type of treatment results in a separate treatment episode.