National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS): 2000

Data on Substance Abuse Treatment Facilities

 

 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

Office of Applied Studies

 


Acknowledgements

This project was conducted for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Office of Applied Studies (OAS), by Synectics for Management Decisions, Inc. (Synectics), Arlington, Virginia, and Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. (MPR), Princeton, New Jersey, under Contract No. 283-97-9001. The Project Director was Peter Hurley (Synectics) and the Deputy Project Director in charge of the N-SSATS survey was Geraldine Mooney (MPR). Data collection was performed by MPR’s staff under the direction of Barbara Rogers and Barbara Holland. The contributions of the staff at MPR's Princeton Data Collection Center are greatly appreciated. This report was prepared by Leigh Henderson and Jacquelyn Lyman of Synectics, and benefited greatly from review by OAS staff Cathie Alderks, Gerri Scott-Pinkney, Anita Gadzuk, and Deborah Trunzo (Project Officer), and by Synectics staff editor Elizabeth Walter and consultant Patricia Royston.

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Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Office of Applied Studies. National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS): 2000. Data on Substance Abuse Treatment Facilities, DASIS Series: S-16, DHHS Publication No. (SMA) 02-3668, Rockville, MD, 2002.

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Table of Contents

List of Tables

List of Figures

Highlights

Chapter 1. Description of the National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS)

Chapter 2. Trends in Facility Characteristics

Chapter 3. Facility Characteristics and Services

Chapter 4. Client Characteristics

Chapter 5. State Data

Appendix A. N-SSATS 2000 Questionnaire


List of Tables

Chapter 1

1.1 Survey contents: UFDS - N-SSATS 1995-2000

1.2 Survey forms accounting and response rates: N-SSATS 2000

1.3 Total survey respondents: N-SSATS 2000

Chapter 2

2.1 Substance abuse treatment facilities by facility ownership and dispensing of methadone/LAAM: 1996-2000. Number and percent distribution

2.2 Substance abuse treatment facilities offering programs for special groups: 1996-2000. Number and percent

2.3 Substance abuse treatment facilities with managed care contracts, by facility ownership: 1996-2000. Number and percent

2.4 Substance abuse treatment facilities with managed care contracts, by State or jurisdiction: 1996-2000. Number and percent

Chapter 3

3.1 Substance abuse treatment facilities by primary focus of facility, according to facility ownership: 2000. Number and percent distribution

3.2a Substance abuse treatment facilities by type of care offered and dispensing of methadone/LAAM, according to facility ownership and primary focus of facility: 2000. Number

3.2b Substance abuse treatment facilities by type of care offered and dispensing of methadone/LAAM, according to facility ownership and primary focus of facility: 2000.Percent

3.3 Substance abuse treatment facilities by substance abuse problem treated, according to facility ownership and primary focus of facility: 2000. Number and percent distribution

3.4 Substance abuse treatment facilities by type of payment accepted and sliding fee scale, according to facility ownership and primary focus of facility: 2000. Number and percent

3.5a Substance abuse treatment facilities offering programs for special groups, according to facility ownership and primary focus of facility: 2000. Number

3.5b Substance abuse treatment facilities offering programs for special groups, according to facility ownership and primary focus of facility: 2000. Percent

3.6a Substance abuse treatment facilities offering specified services, by facility ownership: 2000. Number of facilities providing service

3.6b Substance abuse treatment facilities offering specified services, by facility ownership: 2000. Percent of facilities providing service

3.7a Substance abuse treatment facilities offering specified services, by primary focus of facility: 2000. Number of facilities providing service

3.7b Substance abuse treatment facilities offering specified services, by primary focus of facility: 2000. Percent of facilities providing service

3.8 Substance abuse treatment facilities by number of clients in treatment per facility, according to facility ownership and primary focus of facility: October 1, 2000. Number and percent distribution

3.9 Substance abuse treatment facilities with non-hospital residential beds designated for substance abuse treatment by utilization rate, according to facility ownership and primary focus of facility: October 1, 2000. Number and percent distribution

3.10 Substance abuse treatment facilities with hospital inpatient beds designated for substance abuse treatment by utilization rate, according to facility ownership and primary focus of facility: October 1, 2000. Number and percent distribution

Chapter 4

4.1 Substance abuse treatment clients by facility ownership, according to facility ownership and primary focus of facility: October 1, 2000. Number and percent distribution

4.2a Substance abuse treatment clients by type of care received, according to facility ownership and primary focus of facility: October 1, 2000. Number

4.2b Substance abuse treatment clients by type of care received, according to facility ownership and primary focus of facility: October 1, 2000. Percent distribution (row percent)

4.2c Substance abuse treatment clients by facility ownership and primary focus of facility, according to type of care received: October 1, 2000. Percent distribution (column percent)

4.3 Substance abuse treatment clients by substance abuse problem treated, according to facility ownership and primary focus of facility: October 1, 2000. Number and percent distribution

4.4 Substance abuse treatment clients receiving opioid substitutes, by facility ownership and primary focus of facility: October 1, 2000. Number and percent distribution

Chapter 5

5.1 Response rate and mode of responses by State or jurisdiction: N-SSATS 2000

5.2 Substance abuse treatment facilities and clients in treatment, by State or jurisdiction: October 1, 2000. Number and percent distribution

5.3 Clients in treatment per 100,000 population aged 12 or older by substance abuse problem, according to State or jurisdiction: October 1, 2000. Number, percent distribution, and rate

5.4a Substance abuse treatment facilities by facility ownership, according to State or jurisdiction: 2000. Number

5.4b Substance abuse treatment facilities by facility ownership, according to State or jurisdiction: 2000. Percent distribution

5.5 Substance abuse treatment facilities by primary focus of facility, according to State or jurisdiction: 2000. Number and percent distribution

5.6 Substance abuse treatment facilities by type of care offered and dispensing of methadone/LAAM, according to State or jurisdiction: 2000. Number and percent

5.7 Substance abuse treatment facilities by substance abuse problem treated, according to State or jurisdiction: 2000. Number and percent distribution

5.8 Substance abuse treatment facilities by type of payment accepted and sliding fee scale, according to State or jurisdiction: 2000. Number and percent

5.9a Substance abuse treatment facilities offering programs for special groups, according to State or jurisdiction: 2000. Number

5.9b Substance abuse treatment facilities offering programs for special groups, according to State or jurisdiction: 2000. Percent

5.10 Substance abuse treatment facilities with residential or hospital inpatient beds designated for substance abuse treatment, by State or jurisdiction: October 1, 2000. Number and utilization rate

5.11 Facilities dispensing opioid substitutes and substance abuse treatment clients receiving opiod substitutes, by State or jurisdiction: October 1, 2000. Number and percent distribution

5.12a Substance abuse treatment clients by facility ownership, according to State or jurisdiction: October 1, 2000. Number

5.12b Substance abuse treatment clients by facility ownership, according to State or jurisdiction: October 1, 2000. Percent distribution

5.13 Substance abuse treatment clients by primary focus of facility, according to State or jurisdiction: October 1, 2000. Number and percent distribution

5.14a Substance abuse treatment clients by type of care received, according to State or jurisdiction: October 1, 2000. Number

5.14b Substance abuse treatment clients by type of care received, according to State or jurisdiction: October 1, 2000. Percent distribution

Appendix A

N-SSATS 2000 Questionnaire

Appendix B

Table 1 Item Percentage Response Rates for N-SSATS 2000


List of Figures

Fig. 1 Numbers of facilities and clients in treatment: UFDS - N-SSATS 1995-2000 (Chapter 1)

Fig. 2 Number of facilities and methadone facilities: UFDS - N-SSATS 1996-2000 (Chapter 2)

Fig. 3 Facility ownership: UFDS - N-SSATS 1996-2000 (Chapter 2)

Fig. 4 Facilities with programs for special groups: UFDS - N-SSATS 1996-2000 (Chapter 2)

Fig. 5 Facilities with managed care contracts, by ownership: UFDS - N-SSATS 1996-2000 (Chapter 2)

Fig. 6 Residential and hospital inpatient utilization rates: October 1, 2000 (Chapter 3)

Fig. 7 Clients in treatment per 100,000 population aged 12 or older, by State or jurisdiction: October 1, 2000 (Chapter 5)


Highlights

This report presents results from the 2000 National Survey of Substance Abuse Treat- ment Services (N-SSATS), an annual survey of facilities providing substance abuse treatment. Conducted by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), N-SSATS 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. Selected findings are given below.