Table 4.15b Facility licensing, certification, or accreditation, by facility operation and primary focus of facility: March 30, 2007 Percent
Facility operation and primary focus	Number of facilities		Percent¹
		Any listed agency/ organization	Licensing, certification, or accreditation organization
		Any listed agency/ 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	13,648	95.1	81.3	34.0	40.9	7.4	21.0	19.7	3.0	4.9	11.5
Facility operation
Private non-profit	7,907	96.3	83.9	36.5	43.7	7.7	22.2	20.7	3.1	5.8	9.7
Private for-profit	3,906	93.0	81.8	28.5	39.6	5.5	14.5	17.6	2.3	3.3	15.1
Local, county, or community govt.	887	97.5	86.5	46.1	34.2	8.2	17.1	18.9	3.2	4.6	8.7
State government	431	97.4	78.9	41.1	45.5	10.7	26.9	24.8	3.2	4.6	13.5
Federal government	328	90.9	13.4	4.9	11.6	17.7	80.2	18.3	7.9	4.0	12.8
Dept. of Veterans Affairs	183	96.2	12.6	6.0	13.1	22.4	95.1	30.6	10.9	3.8	6.0
Dept. of Defense	94	91.5	7.4	- -	- -	13.8	81.9	- -	3.2	4.3	19.1
Indian Health Service	42	76.2	28.6	9.5	31.0	7.1	21.4	9.5	7.1	4.8	28.6
Other	9	44.4	22.2	11.1	11.1	11.1	33.3	- -	- -	- -	11.1
Tribal government	189	79.9	63.5	19.6	24.9	3.2	9.5	11.1	3.2	3.7	14.3
Primary focus of facility
Substance abuse treatment services	8,360	96.3	86.3	18.8	41.9	5.1	16.5	20.6	2.1	3.4	11.4
Mental health services	949	93.4	61.1	69.5	37.8	16.5	36.4	18.0	3.7	6.6	7.3
Mix of mental health and substance abuse treatment services	3,957	93.6	77.9	58.6	39.8	9.2	25.4	18.9	4.2	7.4	12.2
General health care	189	92.6	47.1	25.9	45.0	27.5	66.7	10.1	14.3	7.4	10.6
Other/unknown	193	83.9	67.4	22.3	32.6	4.7	7.8	10.4	4.7	4.7	18.1
¹ Percentages sum to more than 100 percent because a facility could report more than one licensing, certification, or accreditation organization.
² JCAHO - Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; CARF - Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities; NCQA - National Committee for Quality Assurance; COA - Council on Accreditation.
^{- - Quantity is zero.}
^{SOURCE: Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS), 2007.}