Table 4.14a
Facility licensing, certification, or accreditation, by facility operation and primary focus of facility: March 31, 2004
Number
Facility operation and primary focus Total   Number of facilities1
Any listed
agency/
organization		 Organization
State
substance abuse
agency		 State mental health dept. State public health dept./ board of health Hospital licensing authority JCAHO2 CARF2 NCQA2 COA2 Other state/ local agency/ organization
Total  13,454 12,781 10,876 4,483 4,172 1,144 3,191 2,060 294 627 1,758
Facility operation    
Private non-profit  8,053  7,747  6,722 2,789 2,806   728 2,014 1,265 178 431   993
Private for-profit  3,488  3,255  2,845 1,007   914   216   578   485  64  97   549
Local, county, or community govt.    956    911    797   436   238    85   180   140  21  75    79
State government    458    438    348   192   167    45   130   102  18  20    66
Federal government    327    305     63    31    22    65   278    52  12   3    41
Dept. of Veterans Affairs    185    178     31    17    17    36   176    46  10   - -     4
Dept. of Defense    102     93     15     5     1    28    90     1   2   2    24
Indian Health Service     34     28     14     7     4     1     9     4   - -   1    12
Other      6      6      3     2     - -     - -     3     1   - -   - -     1
Tribal government    172    125    101    28    25     5    11    16   1   1    30
Primary focus of facility    
Substance abuse treatment services  8,340  8,037  7,194 1,531 2,623   496 1,582 1,385 128 234 1,129
Mental health services  1,104  1,018    645   760   311   172   424   147  32  76    95
Mix of mental health and substance
    abuse treatment services		  3,558  3,333  2,773 2,082 1,092   392 1,010   474 115 293   462
General health care    219    199    100    61    90    77   150    32  15   4    23
Other/unknown    233    194    164    49    56     7    25    22   4  20    49
1 Number of facilities sums to more than the Total column because a facility could report more than one licensing, certification, or accreditation organization.
2 JCAHO - Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; CARF -  Rehabilitation Accreditation Commission; NCQA - National Committee for Quality Assurance; COA - Council on Accreditation for Children and Family Services.
- -  Quantity is zero.
SOURCE:  Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS), 2004.