National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS): 2003

The DASIS Report:  The National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS): 2003

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• The National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS) is part of the Drug and Alcohol Services Information System (DASIS), a cooperative program between the State substance abuse agencies and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to collect data on the location, characteristics, and utilization of services at alcohol and drug abuse treatment facilities (both public and private) throughout the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and other U.S. jurisdictions.

• The facility response rate in 2003 was 95%. A total of 13,626 facilities responded to the N-SSATS survey in 2003 and reported a one-day census of 1,092,546 clients enrolled in substance abuse treatment on March 31, 2003.

• More than 60% of the facilities surveyed in 2003 were operated by private non-profit entities, one-quarter were operated by private for-profit organizations, and the remainder were operated by Federal, State, local, or tribal governments.

• Eighty percent of the facilities provided outpatient care, 28% provided residential treatment, and 7% offered hospital inpatient care. This report provides highlights from the 2003 N-SSATS report.

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This Short Report, The DASIS Report:  The National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS): 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 the Office of Applied Studies (OAS) in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).  

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