National
Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services: 2006
Highlights:
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SAMHSA's Office of Applied Studies (OAS) conducts the National Survey
of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS), an annual census of
facilities providing substance abuse treatment. This survey is designed
to collect data on the location, characteristics, and use of alcoholism
and drug abuse treatment facilities and services throughout the 50 States,
the District of Columbia, and other U.S. jurisdictions. The reference
date for the 2006 one-day census was March 31, 2006.
- The
number of reporting facilities has increased since 2000 and remained
relatively constant between 2002 and 2006. There were 13,428 reporting
facilities in 2000. There were 13,720 reporting facilities in 2002 and
13,771 facilities in 2006. The number of clients in substance abuse
treatment on the survey reference date decreased by less than 1% from
1,136,287 clients in 2002 to 1,130,881 in 2006.
- Facility
characteristics: Most of the substance abuse treatment facilities
continue to be operated by private non-profit organizations. In 2006,
59% were private nonprofit organizations, 28% were private for-profit
organizations, 7% were operated by local governments, 3% by State governments,
2% by the Federal government, and 1% by tribal governments.
- Client
distribution: Between 2002 and 2006 on the survey reference date,
the proportion of substance abuse treatment clients in private for-profit
facilities increased from 26% to 29%; the proportion of substance abuse
treatment clients in local State, and Federal government operated facilities
fell from 17% to 15% and in tribal government facilities remained unchanged
at 1%.
- Facility
focus:
On March 31, 2006, 62% of the facilities reported substance abuse treatment
services was their primary focus of activity, 27% of the facilities
reported that their primary focus was a mix of mental health and substance
abuse treatment services, 8% reported mental health services and 2%
reported general health care as their primary focus.
- Facility
utilization: On March 31, 2006, 91% of non-hospital residential
beds and 90% of all hospital inpatient beds designated for substance
abuse treatment were in use.
- Payment
options and facility funding: A
sliding fee scale for substance abuse treatment charges was used by
63% of all facilities, 53% of all facilities offered substance abuse
treatment at no charge to eligible clients who could not pay, and 4%
provided substance abuse treatment at no charge to all clients. Federal,
State, or local government funds for the provision of substance abuse
treatment services was received by 59% of all facilities.
- Special
services Offered: Most
facilities (83%) offered specially designed programs: 37% offered programs
or groups for persons with co-occurring mental health and substance
abuse disorders, 32% for adult women, 32% for adolescents, 31% for driving
under the influence of alcohol or drugs (DUI/DWI), 28% for criminal
justice clients, 25% for adult men, 14% for pregnant/postpartum women,
10% for persons with HIV or AIDS, 7% for seniors or older adults, and
6% for gays or lesbians. Substance abuse treatment services in sign
language for the hearing impaired were offered in 29% of all facilities
and in languages other than English in 45%.
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This report,
National
Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services: 2006,
is based on the Drug and Alcohol Services Information
System (DASIS), the primary source of national data on substance abuse
treatment. DASIS is conducted by the Office
of Applied Studies (OAS) in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration (SAMHSA).
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