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Private-For-Profit and Private-Non-Profit Substance Abuse Treatment Facilities:  2003
The DASIS Report: Private-For-Profit and Private-Non-Profit Substance Abuse Treatment Facilities, 2003

Highlights:

  • Of the 13,623 facilities responding to SAMHSA's 2003 National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS), 87% were operated by private organizations. Among the private facilities, 26% were operated by for-profit organizations and 74% were operated by non-profit organizations.

  • Private non-profit facilities had an higher average percentage of clients who were being treated for both drug and alcohol abuse (58%) than private for-profits (48%) and were more likely to offer residential treatment (36% vs. 15%).

  • Private for-profit facilities had an higher average percentage of clients who were being treated for alcohol abuse alone (27) than private non-profits (19) and were more likely to offer outpatient treatment (90% vs. 74%).

  • Private non-profit facilities were more likely than private for-profit facilities to accept Medicaid (62% vs. 37%) or State-financed health insurance (43% vs. 32%), or to have a sliding fee scale (70% vs. 49%).

  • Private non-profit facilities were more likely than private for-profit facilities to provide special programs or therapy groups specially designed for pregnant/postpartum women (18% vs. 13%), for women only (44% vs. 33%), for men only (34% vs. 27%), or for adolescents (65% vs. 59%).

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This Short Report, The DASIS Report: Private-For-Profit and Private-Non-Profit Substance Abuse Treatment Facilities, 2003, 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 SAMHSA's Office of Applied Studies (OAS) in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).

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