Table 5.1
Clients in treatment, by primary focus of facility and facility operation: March 31, 2008
Number and percent distribution
Primary focus Total Facility operation
Private
non-
profit
Private
for-
profit
Local,
county, or
community
govt.
State
govt.
Total Federal govt. Tribal
govt.
Dept. of
Veterans
Affairs
Dept. of
Defense
Indian
Health
Service
Other
Number of clients
Number, by primary focus of facility 1,192,490 635,347 363,695 82,632 43,799 55,290 45,268 8,171 1,755  96 11,727
Substance abuse treatment services   794,172 402,806 279,379 54,470 30,834 22,717 14,550 7,251   820  96  3,966
Mental health services    42,740  29,323   6,179  3,872  2,676    621    567    54           69
Mix of mental health and substance abuse treatment services   324,342 194,663  76,530 23,419 10,289 12,098 10,735   744   619   - -  7,343
General health care    24,443   3,832     456    301    19,625 19,235   122   268       229
Other/unknown     6,793   4,723   1,151    570       229    181       48       120
Column percent distribution
Percent distribution, by primary focus of facility 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Substance abuse treatment services  66.6  63.4  76.8  65.9  70.4  41.1  32.1  88.7  46.7 100.0  33.8
Mental health services   3.6   4.6   1.7   4.7   6.1   1.1   1.3   0.7               0.6
Mix of mental health and substance abuse treatment services  27.2  30.6  21.0  28.3  23.5  21.9  23.7   9.1  35.3      - -  62.6
General health care   2.0   0.6   0.1   0.4        35.5  42.5   1.5  15.3         2.0
Other/unknown   0.6   0.7   0.3   0.7         0.4   0.4         2.7         1.0
Row percent distribution
Percent distribution, by facility operation 100.0  53.3  30.5   6.9   3.7   4.6   3.8   0.7   0.1      *   1.0
Substance abuse treatment services 100.0  50.7  35.2   6.9   3.9   2.9   1.8   0.9   0.1      *   0.5
Mental health services 100.0  68.6  14.5   9.1   6.3   1.5   1.3   0.1               0.2
Mix of mental health and substance abuse treatment services 100.0  60.0  23.6   7.2   3.2   3.7   3.3   0.2   0.2      - -   2.3
General health care 100.0  15.7   1.9   1.2        80.3  78.7   0.5   1.1         0.9
Other/unknown 100.0  69.5  16.9   8.4         3.4   2.7         0.7         1.8
*  Less than 0.05 percent.
  No facilities in this category.
SOURCE: Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS), 2008.

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