| Table 4.12b Facility payment options, by facility operation and primary focus of facility: March 31, 2005 Percent |
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| 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 |
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| Cash
or self- payment |
Private health insurance |
Medicare | Medicaid | State- financed health insurance |
Federal military insurance |
No payment accepted |
Other | ||||
| Total | 13,371 | 90.7 | 66.3 | 33.7 | 52.8 | 36.2 | 33.7 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 63.4 | 53.7 |
| Ownership | |||||||||||
| Private non-profit | 7,912 | 90.3 | 65.8 | 35.7 | 60.1 | 38.7 | 33.3 | 4.9 | 3.2 | 69.6 | 62.5 |
| Private for-profit | 3,571 | 98.6 | 67.5 | 24.5 | 33.6 | 27.8 | 28.0 | 0.4 | 2.3 | 49.6 | 24.6 |
| Local, county, or community govt. | 947 | 91.3 | 68.4 | 46.1 | 69.6 | 48.3 | 42.1 | 3.7 | 2.1 | 80.9 | 69.3 |
| State government | 453 | 85.0 | 71.3 | 52.1 | 69.3 | 50.1 | 45.5 | 6.0 | 2.4 | 73.7 | 75.3 |
| Federal government | 318 | 41.2 | 61.9 | 20.1 | 15.4 | 14.8 | 70.1 | 10.1 | 5.3 | 13.2 | 72.3 |
| Dept. of Veterans Affairs | 186 | 61.8 | 82.8 | 24.2 | 14.0 | 15.1 | 75.8 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 18.8 | 84.9 |
| Dept. of Defense | 93 | 2.2 | 24.7 | 4.3 | 3.2 | 1.1 | 72.0 | 16.1 | 9.7 | - - | 41.9 |
| Indian Health Service | 35 | 31.4 | 54.3 | 40.0 | 54.3 | 48.6 | 40.0 | 28.6 | 5.7 | 17.1 | 85.7 |
| Other | 4 | 75.0 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 25.0 | - - | 25.0 | 75.0 |
| Tribal government | 170 | 47.1 | 52.9 | 40.0 | 51.2 | 36.5 | 28.2 | 26.5 | 8.8 | 33.5 | 80.0 |
| Primary focus of facility | |||||||||||
| Substance abuse treatment services | 8,307 | 90.0 | 57.8 | 20.4 | 45.6 | 28.9 | 22.6 | 4.9 | 2.9 | 62.1 | 54.8 |
| Mental health services | 1,063 | 92.9 | 85.8 | 66.8 | 74.3 | 52.7 | 58.9 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 62.2 | 46.8 |
| Mix
of mental health and substance abuse treatment services |
3,568 | 93.1 | 80.9 | 53.8 | 64.1 | 49.3 | 51.1 | 2.2 | 3.3 | 69.1 | 52.0 |
| General health care | 249 | 81.9 | 81.5 | 61.8 | 56.6 | 37.8 | 61.8 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 43.8 | 63.9 |
| Other/unknown | 184 | 71.7 | 37.0 | 14.1 | 31.5 | 18.5 | 14.7 | 17.4 | 5.4 | 45.1 | 65.2 |
| 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), 2005. | |||||||||||