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Appendix E: Commissioned Paper: The Substance Abuse Treatment System: What Does It Look Like and Whom Does It Serve? Preliminary Findings from the Alcohol and Drug Services Study
Pages 186-197

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... The paper is structured by answering a series The Alcohol and Drug Services Study is supported by the Office of Applied Studies (OAS) , Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration (SAMHSA)
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... , which includes as one of its components a nationally representative sample survey of all types of alcohol and drug abuse treatment facilities in the United States. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
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... Many treatment facilities were engaged in providing not only substance abuse services, but also mental health treatment (55 percent) and medical treatment (27 percent)
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... 189 reported that this parent organization was an administrative office. The parent organization for 30 percent of facilities was a substance abuse treatment facility and for 20 percent was a hospital.
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... aTwenty-six percent of outpatient methadone treatment facilities also provide outpatient nonmethadone treatment. bDoes not total to 100% because of rounding.
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... Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administrat~on. Twenty-six percent of outpatient methadone treatment facilities also provide outpatient nonmethadone treatment.
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... Outpatient methadone programs were the largest with 216 mean number of active clients in treatment, followed by other outpatient programs with a mean number of 82 active clients. The mean number of active clients in treatment was 27 in both residential rehabilitation and residential detoxification programs.
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... WHAT SERVICES ARE OFFERED? A variety of services are offered in conjunction with substance abuse treatment reflecting the diverse needs of the treatment population.
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... Unknown Totals 68.1% 30.4% 1.6% 100.0% 57.1% 23.7% 11.8% 0.8% 3.0% 3.7% 100.0% 8.4% 13.0% 30.8% 27.5% 14.3% 6.1% 100.0% 43.4% 17.6% 15.1 % 9.7% 2.9% 1.0% 0.8% 0.5% 3.1% 5.8% 100.0% SOURCE: 1997 Alcohol and Drug Services Study Phase I Preliminary Data. Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administrat~on.
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From page 195...
... Family counseling Aftercare Relapse prevention groups HIV/AIDS counseling Self-help or mutual-help groups Outcome follow-up Combined substance abuse and mental health Transportation TB screening Employment counseling/training Detoxification Smoking cessation Academic education/GED classes Child care Prenatal care Acupuncture 96.6% 93.7% 91.7% 85.6% 82.3% 78.4% 75.5% 71.3% 66.8% 66.5% 48.6% 42.1% 40.7% 25.6% 24.4% 17.2% 12.9% 11.7% 4.7% SOURCE: 1997 Alcohol and Drug Services Study Phase I Preliminary Data. Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Adminis trat~on.
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... CONCLUSION In summary, although the substance abuse treatment system is generally publicly funded and serves patients largely on an outpatient basis, there is still considerable diversity along a number of dimensions. It is unknown the degree to which substance abuse treatment facilities participate either actively or passively in research studies, or how quickly research findings disseminate into the delivery of services.
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... 4.7 % 3.6 % 1.1% 100.0% Mean Percentage of Revenue from Public Sources 21.7 % 71.4 % 83.7 % 62.5 % SOURCE: 1997 Alcohol and Drug Services Study Phase I Preliminary Data. Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
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