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Primary Focus of Facilities Treating Substance Abuse

The DASIS Report: Primary Focus of Facilities Treating Substance Abuse

Highlights:

  • Nationally, 61 percent of substance abuse treatment facilities focused on substance abuse treatment services, 25 percent on a mix of mental health and substance abuse treatment services, 9 percent on mental health services, and 5 percent on general health care or other services.

  • Both facilities with a focus on mental health services and mixed-focus facilities were more likely to accept all specified forms of payment (about 25 percent each) than facilities with a substance abuse focus (7 percent).

  • Facilities with a mixed focus were most likely to have managed care agreements (65 percent), and facilities with a substance abuse focus were least likely to have such agreements (49 percent).

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This Short Report,   The DASIS Report: Primary Focus of Facilities Treating Substance Abuse, 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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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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