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August 29, 2003 |
Services Provided by Substance Abuse Treatment Facilities |
In Brief |
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Distribution of Services The services most frequently provided were individual therapy (95 percent), comprehensive substance abuse assessment/diagnosis (93 percent), group therapy (89 percent), and referral to other transitional services (84 percent) (Table 1). Substance abuse treatment facilities averaged 14 services per facility. More than one-third (37 percent) of facilities provided 11 to 15 services, while more than one-quarter (28 percent) provided 16 to 20 services (Figure 1).
Facility Size
When facilities were divided into
five equal-sized groups by number of clients in treatment on October 1,
2000, the average number of services provided ranged from 12 in the very
small facilities (1 to 12 clients) to 15 in the very large facilities
(105 to 3,000 clients).1
Managed Care Facilities with a managed care contract provided, on average, a slightly smaller number of services than facilities without managed care contracts (13 vs. 14). However, facilities with a managed care contract were more likely than facilities without such a contract to offer mental health assessment (53 vs. 34 percent), family therapy (86 vs. 68 percent), and pharmacotherapy (50 vs. 32 percent).
Ownership The average number of services per facility by type of ownership ranged from 17 services in Federal government facilities to 12 in private for-profit facilities. Private non-profit facilities and those owned by tribal governments provided an average of 14 services; those owned by local governments provided an average of 15 services; and, those owned by State governments provided an average of 16 services. Testing services differed more than other types of services by type of facility ownership. Facilities owned by the Federal government were more likely to provide each of the six tests, with the exception of drug/alcohol urine screening, which was more likely to be provided by State government facilities (Table 4). Drug/alcohol urine screening, provided by 79 percent of all facilities, was the test most likely to be offered at any facility, regardless of ownership. Private for-profit facilities were least likely to provide four of the tests (hepatitis, HIV, STD, and TB). Blood alcohol testing and drug/alcohol urine screening were least likely to be provided by tribal government facilities.
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The Drug and Alcohol Services Information System (DASIS) is an integrated data system maintained by the Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). One component of DASIS is the National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS), an annual survey of all facilities in the United States, both public and private, that provide substance abuse treatment. N-SSATS was formerly known as the Uniform Facility Data Set (UFDS). The DASIS Report is prepared by the Office of Applied Studies, SAMHSA; Synectics for Management Decisions, Inc., Arlington, Virginia; and RTI, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. Information and data for this report are based on data reported to N-SSATS for the survey reference date October 1, 2000. Access the latest TEDS reports at: http://www.oas.samhsa.gov/SAMHDA.htm Other substance abuse reports are available at: http://www.oas.samhsa.gov |
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