| Table 4.15b Facility licensing, certification, or accreditation, by facility operation and primary focus of facility: 2008 Percent |
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| Facility operation and primary focus | Percent1 | ||||||||||
| Number of facilities |
Any listed agency/ organization |
Licensing, certification, or accreditation organization | |||||||||
| State substance abuse agency |
State mental health dept. |
State public health dept./ board of health |
Hospital licensing authority |
Joint Commis- sion2 |
CARF2 | NCQA2 | COA2 | Other State/ local agency/ organization |
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| Total | 13,688 | 95.5 | 81.5 | 34.3 | 41.0 | 7.3 | 20.7 | 20.5 | 2.8 | 4.9 | 12.3 |
| Facility operation | |||||||||||
| Private non-profit | 7,932 | 96.2 | 83.9 | 37.0 | 44.0 | 7.7 | 22.4 | 22.2 | 3.1 | 5.9 | 10.4 |
| Private for-profit | 4,015 | 94.1 | 82.3 | 29.1 | 39.1 | 5.2 | 13.6 | 17.1 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 16.3 |
| Local, county, or community govt. | 820 | 97.9 | 86.0 | 42.8 | 34.1 | 8.8 | 16.2 | 18.5 | 1.7 | 3.5 | 10.0 |
| State government | 427 | 97.7 | 76.1 | 40.7 | 47.5 | 10.5 | 25.8 | 29.5 | 2.8 | 5.4 | 11.9 |
| Federal government | 314 | 93.6 | 18.2 | 6.1 | 8.9 | 19.1 | 82.2 | 18.8 | 5.4 | 3.2 | 10.8 |
| Dept. of Veterans Affairs | 174 | 98.9 | 14.9 | 5.2 | 8.0 | 21.8 | 97.1 | 29.3 | 8.6 | 3.4 | 7.5 |
| Dept. of Defense | 93 | 94.6 | 12.9 | 2.2 | 4.3 | 23.7 | 82.8 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 4.3 | 15.1 |
| Indian Health Service | 44 | 72.7 | 43.2 | 15.9 | 22.7 | - - | 22.7 | 13.6 | - - | - - | 15.9 |
| Other | 3 | 66.7 | - - | 33.3 | - - | - - | 66.7 | - - | - - | - - | - - |
| Tribal government | 180 | 80.0 | 61.7 | 21.7 | 26.7 | 3.3 | 6.1 | 11.1 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 20.6 |
| Primary focus of facility | |||||||||||
| Substance abuse treatment services | 8,378 | 96.6 | 86.9 | 19.8 | 41.8 | 4.9 | 16.6 | 21.4 | 1.9 | 3.6 | 12.5 |
| Mental health services | 923 | 93.0 | 58.3 | 72.2 | 37.9 | 17.3 | 35.0 | 18.5 | 3.5 | 7.3 | 8.8 |
| Mix
of mental health and substance abuse treatment services |
4,052 | 94.4 | 78.0 | 56.5 | 40.5 | 9.1 | 24.3 | 19.6 | 4.2 | 6.7 | 12.5 |
| General health care | 181 | 95.0 | 43.1 | 27.1 | 47.0 | 32.6 | 66.3 | 15.5 | 12.2 | 6.6 | 7.2 |
| Other/unknown | 154 | 81.8 | 64.9 | 18.8 | 24.7 | 1.3 | 8.4 | 10.4 | 1.9 | 5.2 | 23.4 |
| 1 Percentages sum to more than 100 percent because a facility could report more than one licensing, certification, or accreditation organization. | |||||||||||
| 2 Joint Commission - formerly 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), 2008. | |||||||||||
