Table 4.15b
Facility licensing, certification, or accreditation, by facility operation and primary focus of facility: 2010
Percent
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
department
of health
Hospital
licensing
authority
Joint
Commis-
sion2
CARF2 NCQA2 COA2 Other State/
local agency/
organization
Total  13,339  94.5  81.9  35.3  41.4   7.1  19.2  21.8   2.8   5.0   8.1
Facility operation  
Private non-profit  7,683  95.8  84.7  38.7  43.9   7.5  20.1  23.8   3.1   6.5   7.3
Private for-profit  3,985  92.4  82.1  30.2  41.4   4.8  13.4  18.7   2.0   2.7   9.4
Local, county, or community govt.    751  97.6  88.9  41.8  31.2   7.7  14.6  18.1   2.1   2.7   4.7
State government    380  95.5  80.8  43.2  47.9  11.3  19.2  26.6   3.2   4.7   7.9
Federal government    348  91.4  14.1   4.9   8.0  20.7  81.9  19.8   6.9   4.9  10.1
Dept. of Veterans Affairs    218  94.5  11.9   5.0   6.0  22.0  92.2  27.5   6.9   5.5   4.6
Dept. of Defense     91  92.3   8.8   3.3   5.5  24.2  84.6   4.4   7.7   4.4  17.6
Indian Health Service     36  69.4  38.9   8.3  27.8   5.6  16.7  11.1   5.6   2.8  22.2
Other      3 100.0  33.3      - -      - -      - -  33.3  33.3      - -      - -  33.3
Tribal government    192  80.2  61.5  21.4  26.0   3.6   6.3  13.5   1.0   1.0  21.9
Primary focus of facility  
Substance abuse treatment services  8,100  95.8  86.4  21.1  42.3   4.7  15.5  22.5   2.0   3.6   8.4
Mental health services    853  89.4  57.1  66.1  31.5  14.0  30.1  19.9   3.4   7.3   5.3
Mix of mental health and substance
    abuse treatment services
 4,113  93.8  79.9  57.7  42.3   9.8  22.7  21.5   4.2   7.4   8.1
General health care    168  92.9  48.8  24.4  36.9  26.8  62.5  11.9   5.4   3.6   4.8
Other/unknown    105  75.2  65.7  21.0  23.8   1.0   1.9   9.5      - -   2.9  12.4
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 -  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), 2010.

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