D rug and A lcohol S ervices I nformation S ystem

The DASIS Report

March 2001 October 11, 2002

Facilities Offering Special

Programs or Services for
Women
T
his report provides data on sub-
In Brief stance abuse treatment facilities
providing special programs or
● In 2000, 60 percent of sub- services focused on women’s needs.
stance abuse treatment facilities SAMHSA’s 2000 National Survey of
provided special programs or Substance Abuse Treatment Services
(N-SSATS) provides data on four such
services for women
programs or services: programs designed
● Facilities offering special pro- for women only, programs specifically for
grams or services for women pregnant or postpartum women, services
addressing domestic violence (physical,
were more likely to provide a
sexual, and emotional abuse), and child
variety of treatment services care services. N-SSATS is an annual sur-
than facilities that did not offer vey of all facilities in the United States,
such programs or services both public and private, that provide
substance abuse treatment.
● Facilities providing special pro-
grams or services for women Of the 13,573 treatment facilities that
were more likely to offer responded to the 2000 N-SSATS, 60
percent reported that they provided at
programs for other special
least one of the special programs or ser-
populations than facilities that vices for women. Almost one third of the
did not provide such programs facilities (33 percent) provided one pro-
or services gram or service, 17 percent of the facilities
provided two programs or services,
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Figure 1. Services Offered by Substance Abuse Figure 2. Other Special Groups Served by
Treatment Facilities, by Whether Facilities Substance Abuse Treatment Facilities, by
Provided Special Programs or Services for Whether Facilities Provided Special Programs
Women: 2000 or Services for Women: 2000

100 97 100
91 91
84 83 83
80 80

Percent of Facilities
69
Percent of Facilities

67
58
60 60
46 42
42 42
36 40 37
40
29 30
25 26 24 22
20 20
8 8
5
0 0
Individual Group Family Relapse Pharmaco- Transitional Transportation Dually Adolescents Persons with Seniors Gays/Lesbians
Therapy Therapy Counseling Prevention therapies Employment Assistance Diagnosed HIV/AIDS

Provided Special Programs/ Did Not Provide Special Programs/ Provided Special Programs/ Did Not Provide Special Programs/
Services for Women Services for Women Services for Women Services for Women

Source: 2000 SAMHSA National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment (N-SSATS).

8 percent of the facilities provided services offered individual therapy programs or services for women at
three, and 3 percent provided all compared with 91 percent of least three times more often, and
four programs or services (data not facilities without special women’s programs for gays and lesbians
shown). Of the facilities providing programs or services. In addition, more than four times more often,
programs or services for women, 91 percent of facilities with than they were reported by facilities
63 percent reported providing women’s programs or services not providing special programs or
programs for women only, 56 offered group therapy compared services for women.
percent reported services address- with 84 percent of the other
ing domestic violence, 34 percent facilities.
provided programs for pregnant or Type of Care
postpartum women, and 16 percent Most facilities offering special
offered on-site child care services. Services to Other
programs or services for women
Special Populations (85 percent) reported providing
Facilities providing special pro- outpatient care (Figure 3). Slightly
Services Provided
grams or services for women also more than one quarter of facilities
Facilities offering special programs reported providing programs for providing special programs or
or services for women were more other special populations more services for women offered non-
likely to provide a variety of frequently than facilities that did hospital residential care, 18 percent
treatment services than facilities not provide special programs or offered day treatment, and 7
that did not offer such programs or services for women (Figure 2). percent offered hospital inpatient
services (Figure 1). These included Programs for adolescents and for treatment. In terms of types of care
transitional employment (with the dually diagnosed clients were offered, the proportions of facilities
largest difference, 42 percent vs. 25 reported by facilities offering that did and did not provide
percent), relapse prevention (83 special programs or services for special programs or services for
percent vs. 67 percent), transporta- women about one and a half times women were similar.
tion assistance (42 percent vs. 26 more often than by facilities not
percent), family counseling (83 providing special programs or
percent vs. 69 percent), and Ownership
services for women. Programs for
pharmacotherapies (46 percent vs. persons with HIV/AIDS, as well as Nearly 60 percent of facilities
36 percent). Some 97 percent of services for seniors, were reported offering special programs or
facilities with women’s programs or by facilities providing special services for women were owned
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Figure 3. Type of Care Provided by Substance Table 1. Substance Abuse Treatment Facilities, by
Abuse Treatment Facilities, by Whether Type of Ownership and Whether Facilities Provided
Facilities Provided Special Programs or Special Programs or Services for Women: 2000
Services for Women: 2000 Type of Ownership Substance Abuse Treatment Facilities
100
Provided Special Did Not Provide
85
Programs or Special Programs or
80 76 Services for Women Services for Women
Number Percent Number Percent
Percent of Facilities

60 Private Non-Profit Organization 4,845 59.8 3,225 58.9

Private For-Profit Organization 1,975 24.4 1,526 27.9
40 Local Government 717 8.9 364 6.6
29
25 State Government 269 3.3 170 3.1
20
18
14
10
Tribal Government 115 1.4 55 1.0
7
Department of Veterans Affairs 81 1.0 71 1.3
0 Department of Defense 62 0.8 51 0.9
Outpatient Non-Hospital Day Treatment Hospital
Residential Inpatient Indian Health Service 29 0.4 12 0.2
Provided Special Programs/ Did Not Provide Special Programs/ Other 4 0.0 2 0.0
Services for Women Services for Women
All 8,097 100.0 5,476 100.0

by private non-profit organizations,

Table 2. Substance Abuse Treatment Facilities, by Type of
and approximately 24 percent were
Payment and Whether Facilities Provided Special Programs or
owned by private for-profit organi-
Services for Women: 2000
zations (Table 1). Local govern-
ment ownership, at 9 percent, was
Type of Payment Substance Abuse Treatment Facilities
third. The ownership distribution
Provided Special Did Not Provide
of facilities providing special Programs or Special Programs or
programs or services for women Services for Women Services for Women
was similar to the ownership Number Percent Number Percent
distribution of facilities not provid- Cash or self-payment 7,375 91.1 4,795 87.6
ing such programs or services. Private health insurance 5,896 72.8 3,659 66.8
Medicaid payments 4,756 58.7 2,501 45.7
Medicare payments 3,183 39.3 1,774 32.4
Type of Payment
Federal military insurance 2,955 36.5 1,687 30.8
Facilities with special programs or State-financed health insurance 2,933 36.2 1,558 28.5
services for women were more
likely to accept payment for
services from a variety of sources The Drug and Alcohol Services Information System (DASIS) is an integrated data system maintained
(Table 2). Types of payment by the Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
(SAMHSA). One component of DASIS is the National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services
included cash or self-payment (N-SSATS), an annual survey of all facilities in the United States, both public and private, that provide
substance abuse treatment. N-SSATS was formerly known as the Uniform Facility Data Set (UFDS).
(accepted by the highest propor-
The DASIS Report is prepared by the Office of Applied Studies, SAMHSA; Synectics for Manage-
tions of both types of facilities), ment Decisions, Inc., Arlington, Virginia; and RTI, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.
private health insurance, Medicaid, Information and data for this report are based on data reported to N-SSATS for the survey
reference date October 1, 2000.
Medicare, Federal military insur-
ance, and State-financed health Access the latest N-SSATS/UFDS reports at: http://www.samhsa.gov/oas/dasis.htm

insurance. State-financed health Access the latest N-SSATS/UFDS public use files at: http://www.samhsa.gov/oas/SAMHDA.htm
insurance, Federal military insur- Other substance abuse reports are available at: http://www.DrugAbuseStatistics.samhsa.gov
ance, and Medicare payments were U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
accepted by the smallest propor- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Office of Applied Studies
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