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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Sep 8.
Published in final edited form as: Public Health Rep. 2007;122(4):441–451. doi: 10.1177/003335490712200404

Table 1.

Program and patient characteristics of substance abuse treatment programs (n=269)a

Program and patient characteristics Percent of program
Treatment setting
   Hospital/medical school/university 13.9
   Mental health/family/child service center 12.7
   Freestanding 60.7
   Other 12.7
Types of addiction servicesb
   Inpatient or residential services 55.0
   Outpatient pharmacotherapy 36.8
   Other outpatient services 80.2
   Outreach and support services 87.6
Largest revenue source
   County/local grants 17.2
   State funds 39.3
   Medicaid 17.6
   Federal grants 12.6
   Other 13.4
Nonmedical staffing
   0–7 30.3
   8–17 45.2
   >17 24.5
Medical staffing
   0 21.1
   1–3 36.4
   >3 42.5
Patient census
   1–500 56.9
   501–1,000 20.4
   >1,000 20.8
HIV infection rates
   0–5 61.8
   6–10 16.3
   >10 21.9
HCV infection rates
   0–5 32.5
   6–10 6.8
   >10 60.6
STI infection rates
   0–5 46.7
   6–10 19.2
   >10 34.2
Injection equipment sharing rate
   0–10 55.9
   11–30 25.1
   >30 19.3
Multiple sex partners rate
   0–10 32.0
   11–30 18.3
   >30 49.8
a

Some categories do not total 100% due to rounding.

b

Responses for this characteristic are not mutually exclusive.

HIV = human immunodeficiency virus

HCV = hepatitis C virus

STI = sexually transmitted infection