2003 N-SSATS Table 4.14a

Table 4.14a Facility payment options, by facility operation and primary focus of facility: March 31, 2003 Number
Facility operation and primary focus	Total	Number of facilities¹
		Type of payment accepted								Sliding fee scale	Treatment at no charge for clients who cannot pay
		Cash or self- ayment	Private health insurance	Medicare	Medicaid	State- financed health insurance	Federal military insurance	No payment accepted	Other	Sliding fee scale	Treatment at no charge for clients who cannot pay
Total	13,623	12,291	9,234	4,746	7,151	4,854	4,736	575	354	8,705	7,549
Facility operation
Private non-profit	8,258	7,438	5,549	3,041	4,906	3,154	2,741	408	238	5,754	5,223
Private for-profit	3,403	3,341	2,328	853	1,129	914	1,054	14	70	1,712	868
Local, county, or community govt	979	909	723	487	679	480	448	24	18	806	699
State government	475	398	336	241	300	210	211	43	8	343	357
Federal government	339	140	212	60	54	42	238	35	7	50	252
Dept. of Veterans Affairs	196	123	160	38	32	27	152	4	2	41	171
Dept. of Defense	102	6	34	9	6	5	78	17	2	- -	47
Indian Health Service	34	9	17	12	15	9	7	9	3	6	29
Other	7	2	1	1	1	1	1	5	- -	3	5
Tribal government	169	65	86	64	83	54	44	51	13	40	150
Primary focus of facility
Substance abuse treatment services	8,351	7,507	5,020	1,777	3,739	2,392	1,972	413	218	5,253	4,750
Mental health services	1,157	1,094	1,001	822	861	590	687	7	24	749	566
Mix of mental health and substance abuse treatment services	3,600	3,308	2,920	1,942	2,328	1,736	1,894	110	98	2,478	1,915
General health care	249	198	206	156	150	88	144	8	6	88	149
Other/unknown	266	184	87	49	73	48	39	37	8	137	169
¹ Number of facilities sums to more than the Total column because a facility could accept more one payment option.
- - Quantity is zero.
SOURCE: Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS), 2003.