Table 4.14b Facility payment options, by facility operation and primary focus of facility: March 31, 2003 Percent
Facility operation and primary focus	No. of facilities	Percent1
		Type of payment accepted								Sliding fee scale	Treatment at no charge for clients who cannot pay
		Cash or self- ayment	Private health insurance	Medicare	Medicaid	State- financed health insurance	Federal military insurance	No payment accepted	Other
Total	13,623	90.2	67.8	34.8	52.5	35.6	34.8	4.2	2.6	63.9	55.4
Ownership
Private non-profit	8,258	90.1	67.2	36.8	59.4	38.2	33.2	4.9	2.9	69.7	63.2
Private for-profit	3,403	98.2	68.4	25.1	33.2	26.9	31.0	0.4	2.1	50.3	25.5
Local, county, or community govt	979	92.8	73.9	49.7	69.4	49.0	45.8	2.5	1.8	82.3	71.4
State government	475	83.8	70.7	50.7	63.2	44.2	44.4	9.1	1.7	72.2	75.2
Federal government	339	41.3	62.5	17.7	15.9	12.4	70.2	10.3	2.1	14.7	74.3
Dept. of Veterans Affairs	196	62.8	81.6	19.4	16.3	13.8	77.6	2.0	1.0	20.9	87.2
Dept. of Defense	102	5.9	33.3	8.8	5.9	4.9	76.5	16.7	2.0	- -	46.1
Indian Health Service	34	26.5	50.0	35.3	44.1	26.5	20.6	26.5	8.8	17.6	85.3
Other	7	28.6	14.3	14.3	14.3	14.3	14.3	71.4	- -	42.9	71.4
Tribal government	169	38.5	50.9	37.9	49.1	32.0	26.0	30.2	7.7	23.7	88.8
Primary focus of facility
Substance abuse treatment services	8,351	89.9	60.1	21.3	44.8	28.6	23.6	4.9	2.6	62.9	56.9
Mental health services	1,157	94.6	86.5	71.0	74.4	51.0	59.4	0.6	2.1	64.7	48.9
Mix of mental health and substance     abuse treatment services	3,600	91.9	81.1	53.9	64.7	48.2	52.6	3.1	2.7	68.8	53.2
General health care	249	79.5	82.7	62.7	60.2	35.3	57.8	3.2	2.4	35.3	59.8
Other/unknown	266	69.2	32.7	18.4	27.4	18.0	14.7	13.9	3.0	51.5	63.5
1 Percents sum to more than 100 percent because a facility could accept more than one payment option.
- -  Quantity is zero.
SOURCE:  Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS), 2003.