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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 31.
Published in final edited form as: J Subst Abuse Treat. 2014 Aug 23;0:1–7. doi: 10.1016/j.jsat.2014.08.003

Table 1. Organizational characteristics of treatment organizations by innovation adoption typology.

Typology of InnovationAdoption Available N
Actual Adoption% (N) or Mean(SD) PlannedAdoption% (N) or Mean(SD) No Adoption% (N) or Mean (SD)
Organizational Structure
Government-Owned 6.5% (6) 12.9% (8) 9.5% (14) 303
Organizational Type** 303
 Hospital 16.1% (15) 16.1% (10) 7.4% (11)
 For-ProfitFreestanding 11.8% (11) 9.7% (6) 29.1% (43)
 Non-ProfitFreestanding 72.0% (67) 74.2% (46) 63.5% (94)
Center has satellites** 69.9% (65) 62.9% (39) 50.3% (73) 300
Center is member of provider association 50.5% (47) 54.1% (33) 46.6% (68) 300
Center is accredited 43.0% (40) 40.3% (25) 35.1% (52) 303
Treatment Services and Philosophy
Levels of Care 301
 Only outpatient (OP) 59.1% (55) 54.1% (33) 66.0% (97)
 OP and inpatient/ residential (I/R) 24.7% (23) 24.6% (15) 22.5% (33)
 Only I/R 16.1% (15) 21.3% (13) 11.6% (17)
Emphasis on 12-step model 3.43 (1.52) 2.87 (1.68) 3.21 (1.76) 302
Emphasis on cognitive-behavioral counseling 4.20 (0.95) 4.42 (1.05) 4.29 (0.92) 299
Emphasis on medical/ psychiatric model of addiction 2.73 (1.68) 2.83 (1.75) 2.42 (1.76) 299
Emphasis on spiritual counseling 2.44 (1.60) 2.48 (1.64) 2.26 (1.63) 299
Staffing
Number of counselors 18.05 (91.46) 10.31 (14.22) 9.32 (15.48) 300
% counselors with Master's degree 47.28 (34.28) 49.19 (35.06) 43.19 (35.59) 288
Physician Access* 301
 >1 MD on payroll 32.3% (30) 41.0% (25) 20.4% (30)
 >1 MD On contract 29.0% (27) 34.4% (21) 34.0% (50)
 No access 38.7% (36) 24.6% (15) 45.6% (67)

Notes: Innovation typology data was available for 303 organizations. Sample sizes for these analyses ranged from 288 to 303. Significant differences by innovation typology

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p < .05

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p < .01 (two-tailed tests). The four measures of treatment philosophy range from 0 = no extent to 5 = very great extent.