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OAS Data Systems and Publications
DATA SYSTEMS: The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA),
Office of Applied Studies (OAS) is the primary source of information on the prevalence and incidence
of substance abuse and mental health problems in the United States and the characteristics
of those who suffer from these problems. SAMHSA’s OAS is also the national
source of information on the location, organization, and capacity of providers
that offer
services to prevent and treat substance abuse, including the cost, quality, and effectiveness of
the services of these providers. Click here for topics covered on the OAS website.
Click here for a tutorial to analyze OAS public use
files online. SAMHSA's Office of Applied Studies (OAS) is
responsible for the following major data collection systems that provide this information:
 National
Survey on Drug Use & Health - - prevalence and correlates of
use
Drug
Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) - - emergency room and medical examiner
data
Drug
and Alcohol Services Information System (DASIS) - - treatment
facilities, admissions, and discharges
- Treatment
Episode Data Set (TEDS)
- National
Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS)
- Inventory
of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (I-SATS)
Other
Substance Abuse Treatment Studies:
- Alcohol and Drug
Services Study (ADSS)
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Drug
and Alcohol Treatment in Adult and Juvenile Correctional Facilities
- Drug Services Research
Survey (DSRS)
- Services Research Outcome Study (SROS)
OTHER OAS SERVICES: Data from these OAS
data collection systems are available to the public, researchers, and other
interested persons through published and web reports. OAS produces
several publication series that provide national data on alcohol, tobacco, and
illegal drug use and their correlates and consequences. In addition,
persons may do their own data analysis using our
Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Data Archives (SAMHDA) system that provides for data analysis either
on-line or by downloading the public use tapes.
- State Data
- - on drug use
and substance abuse treatment admissions for all 50 States and D.C.
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OAS Publication
Series
(Pubs) - - include
National and State data and, in some cases, information on regions and major
metropolitan areas
- WEB
Only Reports - - include
methodology studies and detailed tables that are available only on the web
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National
Survey on Drug Use & Health
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The National Survey on Drug Use and Health
(formerly called the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse [NHSDA]) reports 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
over. Data are collected on the use of illicit drugs, the non-medical use of licit
drugs, and use of alcohol and tobacco products. The survey is conducted annually and is
designed to produce drug and alcohol use incidence and prevalence estimates. Data are also
collected periodically on special topics of interest such as serious mental
illness, criminal behavior, treatment,
mental health issues, and attitudes about drugs.
The National Survey on Drug Use and Health
(NSDUH) also provides estimates for drug use and serious mental illness by State.
In 1999, estimates of alcohol, tobacco, and illegal drug use for all the individual
States were available for the first time. This innovation resulted from
the implementation of a national survey design with representative State samples,
increased sample size, and newly available analytic software.
Reports from SAMHSA's
National Survey on Drug Use & Health
Public use files
When you click here, you leave the SAMHSA site website to go to SAMHSA's
Substance Abuse & Mental Health Data Archive.
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Drug and Alcohol Services Information
System (DASIS) |
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The Drug and Alcohol Services Information System (DASIS) is the
primary source of national information on the services available for substance
abuse treatment and the characteristics of individuals admitted to treatment.
DASIS contains three data sets which are maintained with the cooperation and
support of the States.
Inventory of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (I-SATS) The I-SATS
(formerly the National Master Facility Inventory) is a master list of organized
substance abuse treatment programs known to SAMHSA. State substance abuse
agencies assist in maintaining the I-SATS by informing SAMHSA of the facilities
they license, certify or otherwise recognize. In addition, the I-SATS includes
some facilities identified from other sources. These are mostly hospital-based
or private-for-profit substance abuse treatment programs. The I-SATS is
used as the list frame for the annual National Survey of Substance Abuse
Treatment Services (N-SSATS) and as a sampling frame for other special surveys
of treatment providers and their clients.
National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment
Services (N-SSATS) The N-SSATS (formerly the Uniform Facility Data
Set) is an annual census of all facilities listed on the I-SATS. It collects
information on the location, organization, structure, services, and utilization
of substance abuse treatment facilities in the United States. The data are
used for program administration and policy analysis. Information from the
survey is also used to compile and update the National Directory of Drug
Abuse and Alcoholism Treatment Programs and the on-line Substance
Abuse Treatment Facility Locator, two widely used resources for referrals
to treatment.
Treatment
Episode Data Set (TEDS) The TEDS is a minimum data set of demographic
and drug history information about individuals admitted to treatment,
primarily by providers receiving public funding. States transmit these
to the admissions data set, some States also report a data set on discharge
status to SAMHSA.
DASIS Reports
- - includes reports for TEDS and N-SSATS
TEDS Public use files
When you click here, you leave the SAMHSA site website to go to SAMHSA's
Substance Abuse & Mental Health Data Archive.
N-SSATS Public use files
When you click here, you leave the SAMHSA site website to go to SAMHSA's
Substance Abuse & Mental Health Data Archive.
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Drug
Abuse Warning Network (DAWN)
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DAWN provides estimates of
the number of drug-related visits to hospital emergency departments based
on a nationally representative sample of short-stay general hospitals
located throughout the coterminous United States. DAWN also collects information
on drug-related deaths from selected medical examiner offices. Emergency
room estimates are produced for 21 large metropolitan areas and for the
nation. Drug-related death data are produced for more than 40 metropolitan
areas.
DAWN Reports
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Services Research Outcome Study
(SROS) |
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The Services Research Outcome Study (SROS) is a follow-on to the 1990 Drug Services Research Survey
(DSRS). The SROS
provided for a five year post-discharge follow-up of a broadly representative sample of
approximately 3,000 drug clients treated during 1989 to 1990. The study ascertained their
behavior up to five years after the 1989-1990 treatment episode, and will analyze
treatment results in light of the type and cost of treatment services the clients
received. Pre-treatment variables included demographic characteristics, prior
treatment history, criminal justice history, social support, and addiction severity.
Treatment variables included duration of treatment episodes, key services received,
program staffing, ownership, resource base, and costs. Post-treatment variables include:
employment; criminal justice status, such as probation or incarceration; and further
treatment episodes.
SROS Report
SROS
Public Use Files -
- When you click here, you leave the SAMHSA site website to go to SAMHSA's
Substance Abuse & Mental Health Data Archive.
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Drug Services Research Survey
(DSRS) |
The Drug Services Research Survey (DSRS) is a national survey which obtained information on drug treatment providers
and clients in 1990. The survey consisted of several components, a facility-based
telephone interview with a sample of 1,183 drug treatment providers followed by a client
record based survey of 2,200 clients discharged from treatment in a sub-sample of the
programs. Follow-up of the clients to assess post-treatment status was conducted in the
Services Research Outcomes Study (SROS).
DSRS Reports
DSRS
Public Use Files -
- When you click here, you leave the SAMHSA site website to go to SAMHSA's
Substance Abuse & Mental Health Data Archive.
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Alcohol
and Drug Services Study (ADSS) |
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The Alcohol and Drug Services Study (ADSS) is a national survey of
substance abuse treatment facilities and clients. The data will be used to
develop better estimates of client length of stay and the costs of treatment and
to describe the post-treatment status of clients. ADSS is the continuation of
the 1990 DSRS and SROS surveys and provides more detailed information on the
organization of the national treatment system and the clients in
treatment.
ADSS consists of three phases:
Phase I: a facility-based telephone interview
with a representative sample of about 2,400 substance abuse treatment
facilities;
Phase II: a record-based survey of clients where client-level
information was collected on a sample of over 5,000 clients discharged during a
6-month time period; and
Phase III: follow-up personal interviews with the sample
of clients and a comparison group to determine post-treatment status in terms of
substance use, economic status, criminal justice status, and further substance
abuse treatment episodes. Urine testing was conducted to validate self-report of
drug use.
ADSS Reports:
Analytic reports and methodology
ADSS Public Use
Files: Codebooks, Questionnaires and Data Files. When
you click here, you leave the SAMHSA site website to go to SAMHSA's Substance
Abuse & Mental Health Data Archive.
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SAMHSA Statistics Source Book and Fact
Sheets |
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OAS Short Report Series
- - fact sheets released weekly on current topics in substance abuse, click
here for the latest report.
SAMHSA's Substance Abuse and Mental Health Statistics Source Book is a
comprehensive Statistical Reference Book. Updates
to the SAMHSA Statistics Source Book are found in the OAS Short Report
Series. SAMHSA's Statistics Source
Book combines the latest
available data from a variety of data systems to present a comprehensive and objective
overview of substance abuse, mental illness, and co-occurring disorders in the United
States. It provides both statistics and graphics to characterize the current extent,
costs, impact, and treatment of the addictive and mental illnesses. The statistics are
primarily from SAMHSA's national surveys. When such national surveys are not available, we
present information from special reports and journal articles. The document is organized
to answer the types of questions SAMHSA receives from a variety of interests.
These include policy makers, program planners, researchers, educators, speakers, and the
general public.
Updated statistics are now available from SAMHSA's Office of
Applied Studies series of short reports which present fact sheets on a variety
of selected topics from the OAS data collection series.
Click
here to go to the updated fact sheets by topics.
Substance
Abuse and Mental Health Statistics Sourcebook 1998 -- Zipped Version
Must be downloaded, saved, and unzipped before viewing. This is a 500
page document.
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This page was last updated on December 31, 2008.
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