Table 4.17a Facilities employing specific practices as part of their standard operating procedures, by facility operation and primary focus of facility: 2008 Number
Facility operation and primary focus		Number of facilities1
	Total	Required continuing education for staff	Regularly scheduled case review with supervisor	Periodic client satisfaction surveys conducted by facility	Periodic drug testing of clients	Periodic utilization reviews	Case review by appointed quality review committee	Outcome follow- up after discharge
Total	13,688	13,170	12,820	12,467	11,564	11,456	9,400	9,014
Facility operation
Private non-profit	7,932	7,633	7,570	7,429	6,752	6,922	5,787	5,396
Private for-profit	4,015	3,838	3,629	3,450	3,352	3,087	2,403	2,552
Local, county, or community govt.	820	792	762	766	679	707	568	464
State government	427	419	407	396	382	374	335	255
Federal government	314	310	280	283	271	238	204	226
Dept. of Veterans Affairs	174	172	145	159	167	131	111	124
Dept. of Defense	93	93	92	84	75	73	67	65
Indian Health Service	44	43	41	39	26	31	24	35
Other	3	2	2	1	3	3	2	2
Tribal government	180	178	172	143	128	128	103	121
Primary focus of facility
Substance abuse treatment services	8,378	8,074	8,004	7,692	7,583	7,014	5,842	5,943
Mental health services	923	855	768	823	482	764	566	400
Mix of mental health and substance     abuse treatment services	4,052	3,930	3,768	3,653	3,245	3,432	2,800	2,480
General health care	181	169	143	168	136	148	111	96
Other/unknown	154	142	137	131	118	98	81	95
1 Number of facilities sums to more than the Total column because a facility could employ more than one of the practices specified.
SOURCE: Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS), 2008.