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The N-SSATS Report - -Overview of Opioid Treatment Programs within the United States: 2008
Highlights: In 2008, 1,132 (8 percent) of all substance abuse treatment facilities were certified as Opioid Treatment Programs (OTPs). Of these, 1,044 (92 percent) offered outpatient treatment. On March 31, 2008, there were 268,071 clients who received methadone and 4,280 clients who received buprenorphine in facilities with OTPs. In addition, 654 (58 percent) facilities with OTPs provided substance abuse treatment services in a language other than English, either by a staff counselor or through an on-call interpreter; and 498 (44 percent of all OTPs) provided these services by a staff counselor in Spanish. Other OAS publications and services This Short , The N-SSATS Report - -Overview of Opioid Treatment Programs within the United States: 2008, is based on SAMHSA's Drug and Alcohol Services Information System (DASIS), conducted by SAMHSA's Office of Applied Studies (OAS) in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use and Health is the primary source of information on the prevalence, patterns, and consequences of drug and alcohol use and abuse in the general U.S. civilian non institutionalized population, age 12 and older. SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use & Health also provides estimates for drug use by State. |
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SAMHSA, an agency in the Department of Health and Human Services, is the Federal Government's lead agency for improving the quality and availability of substance abuse prevention, addiction treatment, and mental health services in the United States.
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