National
Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services: 2005
Highlights:
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SAMHSA's Office of Applied Studies (OAS) conducts the National Survey
of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS), an annual census of
facilities providing substance abuse treatment. This survey is designed
to collect data on the location, characteristics, and use of alcoholism
and drug abuse treatment facilities and services throughout the 50 States,
the District of Columbia, and other U.S. jurisdictions. The reference
date for the 2005 one-day census was March 31.
- The
number of reporting facilities remained relatively constant between
2000 and 2005. There were 13,428 reporting facilities in 2000 and 13,371
facilities in 2005. The number of clients in treatment on the survey
reference date increased by 8% over the same period from 1,000,896 in
2000 to 1,081,049 in 2005.
- Most
of the substance abuse treatment facilities were operated by private
non-profit organizations. In 2005, 59% were private nonprofit organizations,
27% were private for-profit organizations, 7% were operated by local
governments, 3% by State governments, 2% by the Federal government,
and 1% by tribal governments.
- On
March 31, 2005, 89% of all clients were in outpatient treatment, 10%
in non-hospital residential treatment, and 1% in hospital inpatient
facilities.
- Opioid
treatment programs were available at 8% of all substance abuse treatment
facilities on March 31, 2005 and clients receiving methadone accounted
for 22% of all clients in treatment.
- Most
facilities (83%) offered specially designed programs: 38% offered programs
or groups for persons with co-occurring mental health and substance
abuse disorders, 33% for adult women, 32% for adolescents, 31% for driving
under the influence of alcohol or drugs (DUI/DWI), 28% for criminal
justice clients, 25% for adult men, 14% for pregnant/postpartum women,
11% for persons with HIV or AIDS, 7% for seniors or older adults, and
6% for gays or lesbians. Substance abuse treatment services in sign
language for the hearing impaired were offered in 29% of all facilities
and in languages other than English in 47%.
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This report,
National
Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services: 2005 , 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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