December 10, 2004 |
Private-For-Profit and Private-Non-Profit Substance Abuse Treatment Facilities: 2003 |
In Brief |
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A facility can offer one or any combination of these treatment types. Inpatient hospital treatment was offered in almost equal proportions by both private-for-profit and private-non-profit facilities (8 vs. 7 percent) (Figure 1). Private-non-profit facilities were more likely to offer residential treatment (36 percent) than were for-profit facilities (15 percent). For-profit facilities were more likely to offer outpatient treatment (90 percent) than were non-profit facilities (74 percent). Facilities operated by a for-profit organization were also more likely to operate an OTP (14 percent) than were facilities operated by a non-profit organization (6 percent).
Figure 1. Type of Treatment Offered, by Type of Private Organization: 2003 | |
Source: 2003 SAMHSA National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS). |
Table 1. Type of Payment Accepted, by Type of Private Organization: 2003 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: 2003 SAMHSA National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS). |
Figure 2. Percentage of Facilities Offering Programs for Special Populations, by Type of Private Organization: 2003 | |
Source: 2003 SAMHSA National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS). |
N-SSATS asks about several types of pharmacotherapies. Private facilities operated by for-profit organizations were more likely than facilities operated by non-profit organizations to offer Antabuse pharmacotherapy (19 vs. 13 percent), as well as Naltrexone pharmacotherapy (15 vs. 10 percent), in the treatment of alcohol abuse. For-profit facilities were also more likely than non-profit facilities to provide buprenorphine (9 vs. 5 percent) in the treatment of opiate abuse.
There was no substantial difference between for-profit facilities and non-profit facilities in the proportions offering various forms of therapy and counseling, such as group therapy, family counseling, individual therapy, and relapse prevention groups.
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End Notes
1 The remainder of the N-SSATS facilities were operated by State governments (3 percent), local governments (7 percent), tribal governments (1 percent), and the Federal government (2 percent).
2 Solo private practice facilities (an office with a single practitioner or therapist) have been eliminated from the analysis; these facilities were 76 percent for-profit and 24 percent non-profit.
3 Opioid Treatment Programs (OTPs) are certified by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to use opioid drugs such as methadone in the treatment of opiate (narcotic) addiction.
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