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Acceptance of Private Health Insurance in Substance Abuse Treatment Facilities

The N-SSATS Report - Acceptance of Private Health Insurance in Substance Abuse Treatment Facilities

Highlights:

In 2008, nearly two thirds (65 percent) of substance abuse treatment facilities accepted some private health insurance as a form of client payment. Facilities with a primary focus of providing mental health services (85 percent), general health care (82 percent), or a mix of mental health services and substance abuse treatment (78 percent) were more likely than facilities with a substance abuse treatment focus (56 percent) or other focus (37 percent) to accept private health insurance. Facilities that accepted private health insurance were more likely than those that did not to accept adolescents into treatment (58 vs. 33 percent). Facilities in urban areas were less likely than facilities in non-urban areas to accept private health insurance.

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This Short ,The N-SSATS Report - Acceptance of Private Health Insurance in Substance Abuse Treatment Facilities, 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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