| Table 4.15b. Facility licensing,
certification, or accreditation, by facility operation and primary focus of
facility: 2011 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 department |
State department of health |
Hospital licensing authority |
Joint Commis- sion2 |
CARF2 | NCQA2 | COA2 | Other State/ local agency/ organization |
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| Total | 13,720 | 95.1 | 82.8 | 36.7 | 42.4 | 7.3 | 18.6 | 22.7 | 2.8 | 5.2 | 5.9 |
| Facility operation | |||||||||||
| Private non-profit | 7,869 | 96.3 | 85.5 | 39.9 | 44.6 | 7.4 | 18.9 | 24.3 | 3.0 | 6.6 | 5.0 |
| Private for-profit | 4,194 | 93.1 | 83.1 | 32.6 | 42.9 | 5.2 | 13.6 | 20.4 | 2.2 | 3.1 | 7.0 |
| Local, county, or community govt. | 742 | 97.6 | 91.1 | 41.5 | 31.5 | 8.2 | 13.6 | 18.9 | 2.7 | 2.2 | 3.2 |
| State government | 351 | 95.2 | 81.5 | 43.9 | 51.9 | 14.0 | 23.1 | 28.5 | 5.4 | 6.6 | 5.1 |
| Federal government | 348 | 93.4 | 13.5 | 4.9 | 6.3 | 22.4 | 85.1 | 23.0 | 4.9 | 5.5 | 7.5 |
| Dept. of Veterans Affairs | 225 | 96.4 | 8.0 | 3.1 | 4.9 | 22.7 | 95.6 | 32.9 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 5.3 |
| Dept. of Defense | 89 | 94.4 | 16.9 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 28.1 | 80.9 | 2.2 | 4.5 | 6.7 | 11.2 |
| Indian Health Service | 30 | 73.3 | 43.3 | 13.3 | 16.7 | 6.7 | 26.7 | 10.0 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 13.3 |
| Other | 4 | 50.0 | 25.0 | - - | - - | - - | 25.0 | 25.0 | - - | - - | - - |
| Tribal government | 216 | 82.9 | 63.0 | 22.7 | 30.6 | 3.7 | 5.6 | 16.2 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 25.5 |
| Primary focus of facility | |||||||||||
| Substance abuse treatment services | 8,094 | 96.4 | 87.9 | 22.8 | 43.4 | 5.0 | 15.6 | 23.5 | 2.3 | 3.8 | 5.6 |
| Mental health services | 877 | 91.0 | 59.0 | 67.0 | 34.3 | 15.6 | 30.9 | 21.6 | 2.9 | 8.7 | 5.1 |
| Mix
of mental health and substance abuse treatment services |
4,385 | 94.1 | 79.9 | 57.5 | 42.9 | 9.5 | 20.7 | 22.5 | 3.7 | 7.0 | 6.4 |
| General health care | 190 | 88.4 | 48.4 | 22.6 | 36.3 | 20.5 | 54.7 | 15.3 | 8.4 | 6.8 | 8.9 |
| Other/unknown | 174 | 83.3 | 75.3 | 25.3 | 29.9 | 1.1 | 5.2 | 6.3 | 1.7 | 4.6 | 8.6 |
| 1 Percentages sum to more than 100 percent because a facility could report more than one licensing, certification, or accreditation organization. | |||||||||||
| 2 Joint Commission was formerly JCAHO (Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations); CARF was formerly Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities; NCQA = National Committee for Quality Assurance; COA = Council on Accreditation. | |||||||||||
| - - Quantity is zero. | |||||||||||
| SOURCE: Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS), 2011. | |||||||||||
