Table 2.1
Facility ownership/operation and facilities with Opioid Treatment Programs: 1996-20021
Number and percent distribution
Ownership and
Opioid Treatment Program
Number of facilities Percent distribution
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2002 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2002
Total 10,641 10,860 13,455 15,239 13,428 13,720 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Ownership/operation                        
Private non-profit  6,482  6,498  7,489  9,077  7,988  8,365  60.9  59.8  55.7  59.6  59.5  61.0
Private for-profit  2,373  2,550  3,775  3,976  3,478  3,357  22.3  23.5  28.1  26.1  25.9  24.5
Local government    868    887  1,105  1,134  1,067  1,046   8.2   8.2   8.2   7.4   7.9   7.6
State government    455    483    589    555    414    441   4.3   4.4   4.4   3.6   3.1   3.2
Federal government    323    293    317    321    311    335   3.0   2.7   2.4   2.1   2.3   2.4
Tribal government    140    149    180    176    170    176   1.3   1.4   1.3   1.2   1.3   1.3
                         
Facilities with Opioid
   Treatment Programs2
   902    768    811  1,206  1,215  1,080   8.5   7.1   6.0   7.9   9.0   7.9
                         
1 Survey reference dates were: Oct. 1, 1996-2000, and March 29, 2002. See Appendix C for changes in the survey base, methods, and instruments that affect analysis of trends over time.
2 1996-2000 include all facilities that self-reported dispensing methadone/LAAM. In 2002, only those facilities that were certified as Opioid Treatment Programs by the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, SAMHSA, were included.
SOURCE: Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Uniform Facility Data Set (UFDS) survey, 1996-1999; National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS), 2000 and 2002.

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