Table 4.15a
Facility licensing, certification, or accreditation, by type of care offered: March 31, 2004
Number
Type of care offered Total2   Number of facilities1
Any listed
agency/
organization		 Organization
State
substance abuse
agency		 State mental health dept. State public health dept./ board of health Hospital licensing authority JCAHO3 CARF3 NCQA3 COA3 Other state/ local agency/ organization
Total  13,454 12,781 10,876 4,483 4,172 1,144 3,191 2,060 294 627 1,758
Outpatient 10,853 10,317  8,813 3,884 3,109   913 2,663 1,695 226 544 1,385
Regular  9,649  9,139  7,872 3,510 2,565   687 2,151 1,337 193 503 1,190
Intensive   5,643  5,440  4,672 1,963 1,725   658 1,615   726 149 276   676
Detoxification  1,369  1,306  1,045   442   482   182   506   434  63  58   236
Day treatment/partial hospitalization  1,871  1,809  1,408   716   739   439   868   263  72  65   234
Methadone maintenance     925    899    801   213   416    70   297   524  17  45   207
Non-hospital residential   3,680  3,506  3,016   872 1,440   193   688   597  74 125   559
Detoxification    942    918    820   279   372    68   266   199  26  26   153
Short-term treatment (30 days or less)  1,524  1,474  1,272   400   607   136   450   312  36  38   221
Long-term treatment (more than 30 days)  3,027  2,871  2,488   677 1,193   105   434   474  61 110   506
Hospital inpatient  1,073  1,042    633   478   595   567   851   123  80  26    98
Detoxification    874    849    483   402   482   520   751    97  69  17    69
Treatment    724    702    452   346   429   383   560    71  54  23    73
1 Number of facilities sums to more than the Total column because a facility could report more than one licensing, certification, or accreditation organization.
2 Number of facilities sums to more than the total because a facility could offer more than one type of service.
3 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.
SOURCE:  Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS), 2004.