Table 2.

Characteristics of for-profit, non-profit, and public opioid treatment programs offering any outpatient treatment in the United States, 2011

	Total (n=1036)	For-profit (n=601)	Nonprofit (n=347)	Public (n=88)	P value
Patients Enrolled*
Total	292 476	167 457	106 905	18 114	-
Mean patients per program (SD)	282.3 (213.5)	278.6 (214.2)	308.1 (220.1)	205.8 (155.8)	<0.0001
Census Region, %					<0.0001
Northeast	29.0	17.5	50.1	25.0
Midwest	15.6	14.8	15.6	21.6
South	33.2	43.3	18.2	25.0
West	21.9	24.5	16.1	28.4
Type of Treatment Offered, %					<0.001
Detoxification	2.4	2.0	2.9	3.4
Maintenance	33.3	28.1	41.5	36.4
Both	64.1	69.9	55.6	60.2
Opioid Replacement Offered, %
Methadone only	50.9	50.9	54.5	36.4
Buprenorphine only	0.7	0.5	0.9	2.3
Both	48.4	48.6	44.7	61.4
Freestanding, %	87.0	98.5	77.5	45.5	<0.0001
Receive government grant funding, %	40.6	20.0	76.4	-	<0.0001
Accept Medicaid insurance, %†	62.9	46.3	92.7	-	<0.0001

^*Patient counts were missing for 5% (53/1 036) of programs.

^†This variable was missing in three for-profit, three nonprofit, and two public programs. All but three public programs either accepted Medicaid or were completely free.