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. 283-02-9026. The Project Director was Leigh Henderson (Synectics) and the Deputy Project Director in charge of administering the N-SSATS survey was Geraldine Mooney (MPR). Data collection was performed by MPR’s staff under the direction of Barbara Rogers, Barbara Holland, and Melissa Wood. The contributions of the staff at MPR’s Princeton Data Collection Center are greatly appreciated. This report was prepared by Christian Evans, Doren H. Walker, and Leigh Henderson of Synectics, and benefited greatly from review by OAS staff Cathie Alderks, Anita Gadzuk, and Deborah Trunzo (Project Officer), and by Synectics staff editor Elizabeth Walter.

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Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Office of Applied Studies. National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS): 2003. Data on Substance Abuse Treatment Facilities, DASIS Series: S-24, DHHS Publication No. (SMA) 04-3966, Rockville, MD, 2004.

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September 2004