Table 4.14b
Facility licensing, certification, or accreditation, by facility operation and primary focus of facility: March 31, 2004
Percent
Facility operation and primary focus Number
of
facilities		   Percent1
Any listed agency/ organization Organization
State substance abuse agency State mental health dept. State public health dept./ board of health Hospital licensing authority JCAHO2 CARF2 NCQA2 COA2 Other state/ local agency/ organization
Total  13,454  95.0  80.8  33.3  31.0   8.5  23.7  15.3   2.2   4.7  13.1
Facility operation    
Private non-profit  8,053  96.2  83.5  34.6  34.8   9.0  25.0  15.7   2.2   5.4  12.3
Private for-profit  3,488  93.3  81.6  28.9  26.2   6.2  16.6  13.9   1.8   2.8  15.7
Local, county, or community govt.    956  95.3  83.4  45.6  24.9   8.9  18.8  14.6   2.2   7.8   8.3
State government    458  95.6  76.0  41.9  36.5   9.8  28.4  22.3   3.9   4.4  14.4
Federal government    327  93.3  19.3   9.5   6.7  19.9  85.0  15.9   3.7   0.9  12.5
Dept. of Veterans Affairs    185  96.2  16.8   9.2   9.2  19.5  95.1  24.9   5.4      - -   2.2
Dept. of Defense    102  91.2  14.7   4.9   1.0  27.5  88.2   1.0   2.0   2.0  23.5
Indian Health Service     34  82.4  41.2  20.6  11.8   2.9  26.5  11.8      - -   2.9  35.3
Other      6 100.0  50.0  33.3      - -      - -  50.0  16.7      - -      - -  16.7
Tribal government    172  72.7  58.7  16.3  14.5   2.9   6.4   9.3   0.6   0.6  17.4
Primary focus of facility    
Substance abuse treatment services  8,340  96.4  86.3  18.4  31.5   5.9  19.0  16.6   1.5   2.8  13.5
Mental health services  1,104  92.2  58.4  68.8  28.2  15.6  38.4  13.3   2.9   6.9   8.6
Mix of mental health and substance
    abuse treatment services		  3,558  93.7  77.9  58.5  30.7  11.0  28.4  13.3   3.2   8.2  13.0
General health care    219  90.9  45.7  27.9  41.1  35.2  68.5  14.6   6.8   1.8  10.5
Other/unknown    233  83.3  70.4  21.0  24.0   3.0  10.7   9.4   1.7   8.6  21.0
1 Percents sum to more than 100 percent because a facility could report more than one licensing, certification, or accreditation organization.
2 JCAHO - Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; CARF -  Rehabilitation Accreditation Commission; NCQA - National Committee for Quality Assurance; COA - Council on Accreditation for Children and Family Services.
- -  Quantity is zero.
SOURCE:  Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS), 2004.