Table of Contents

List of Tables

List of Figures

Highlights

1. Description of the Uniform Facility Data Set (UFDS) Survey

	•	Introduction

	•	UFDS in the Context of the Drug and Alcohol Services Information System (DASIS)

	•	NMFI-Imposed Constraints on UFDS

	•	Unit of response

	•	Scope of facilities included

	•	Procedures for the 1998 UFDS

	•	Field period and reference date

	•	Survey coverage

	•	Content

	•	Data collection

	•	Forms accounting and response rate

	•	Quality assurance

	•	Item non-response

	•	Profile of Responding Facilities

	•	Further Data Considerations and Limitations

	•	Organization of the Report

	•	Terminology

2. Trends in Facility and Client Characteristics

	•	Facility Characteristics

	•	Managed Care

	•	Client Characteristics

3. Facility Characteristics and Services

	•	Facility Ownership and Organizational Setting

	•	Clients in Treatment

	•	Programs for Special Groups

	•	Services Offered

	•	Beds Designated for Substance Abuse Treatment

	•	Revenue

4. Client Characteristics

	•	Clients by Facility Ownership and Organizational Setting

	•	Clients by Type of Care

	•	Clients by Substance of Abuse

	•	Client Demographics

	•	Clients Receiving Opioid Substitutes

5. State Data

	•	Survey Response

	•	Facilities and Clients

	•	Clients in Treatment per 100,000 Population

	•	Additional Tables

Appendix A. UFDS 1998 Questionnaire

Appendix B. Organizational Setting

Appendix C. Revenue Imputation Methodology

	•	Editing/Manual Imputation of Total Revenue

	•	Auxiliary Variables

	•	Overview of Imputation Procedure

	•	Profile of Imputation Results