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Figure 4.3 is titled "Percentages of Primary Source of Payment for Treatment among Substance Abuse Treatment Clients Discharged from Outpatient Nonmethadone Treatment, by Gender: 1997-1999." The figure is a bar graph, where the horizontal axis shows by client gender seven types of primary sources of payment for treatment: (1) client self-payment; (2) Medicaid; (3) Medicare/other public; (4) private insurance; (5) criminal justice system; (6) no payment; and (7) not permitted to abstract, unknown, or other. The vertical axis represents percentages.
Client self-payment was the primary source of payment for treatment for 34.7 percent of female substance abuse treatment clients discharged from outpatient nonmethadone treatment in 1997-1999. Client self-payment was the primary source of payment for treatment for 44.1 percent of male substance abuse treatment clients discharged from outpatient nonmethadone treatment in 1997-1999.
Medicaid was the primary source of payment for treatment for 20.1 percent of female substance abuse treatment clients discharged from outpatient nonmethadone treatment in 1997-1999. Medicaid was the primary source of payment for treatment for 5.8 percent of male substance abuse treatment clients discharged from outpatient nonmethadone treatment in 1997-1999.
Medicare or other public funding was the primary source of payment for treatment for 8.6 percent of female substance abuse treatment clients discharged from outpatient nonmethadone treatment in 1997-1999. Medicare or other public funding was the primary source of payment for treatment for 10.0 percent of male substance abuse treatment clients discharged from outpatient nonmethadone treatment in 1997-1999.
Private insurance was the primary source of payment for treatment for 17.9 percent of female substance abuse treatment clients discharged from outpatient nonmethadone treatment in 1997-1999. Private insurance was the primary source of payment for treatment for 18.0 percent of male substance abuse treatment clients discharged from outpatient nonmethadone treatment in 1997-1999.
The criminal justice system was the primary source of payment for treatment for 9.8 percent of female substance abuse treatment clients discharged from outpatient nonmethadone treatment in 1997-1999. The criminal justice system was the primary source of payment for treatment for 12.7 percent of male substance abuse treatment clients discharged from outpatient nonmethadone treatment in 1997-1999.
"No payment" was the primary source of payment for treatment for 6.7 percent of female substance abuse treatment clients discharged from outpatient nonmethadone treatment in 1997-1999. "No payment" was the primary source of payment for treatment for 7.5 percent of male substance abuse treatment clients discharged from outpatient nonmethadone treatment in 1997-1999.
Information on the primary source of payment for treatment was not permitted to be abstracted, was unknown, or was identified as "other" payment source for 2.2 percent of female substance abuse treatment clients discharged from outpatient nonmethadone treatment in 1997-1999. Information on the primary source of payment for treatment was not permitted to be abstracted, was unknown, or was identified as "other" payment source for 1.9 percent of male substance abuse treatment clients discharged from outpatient nonmethadone treatment in 1997-1999.
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SAMHSA, an agency in the Department of Health and Human Services, is the Federal Government's lead agency for improving the quality and availability of substance abuse prevention, addiction treatment, and mental health services in the United States.
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