Table 4.16a
Facility licensing, certification, or accreditation, by type of care offered: 2010
Number
Type of care offered     Number of facilities1
Total2 Any listed
agency/
organization		 Facility licensing, certification, or accreditation organization
State
substance
abuse
agency		 State mental
health dept.		 State
department
of health		 Hospital
licensing
authority		 Joint
Commis-
sion3		 CARF3 NCQA3 COA3 Other State/
local agency/
organization
Total2 13,339 12,612 10,924 4,712 5,519   949 2,556 2,909 371 664 1,075
Outpatient 10,753 10,180  8,833 4,020 4,224   727 2,065 2,384 296 542   835
Regular  9,914  9,359  8,179 3,748 3,771   581 1,731 2,084 265 500   768
Intensive   5,990  5,788  5,050 2,274 2,563   526 1,327 1,179 205 271   425
Detoxification  1,227  1,157    950   369   559   153   377   502  82  89   141
Day treatment/partial hospitalization  1,678  1,630  1,321   696   860   292   618   376  99  81   117
Methadone maintenance  1,137  1,124  1,008   309   645    90   308   725  36  72   155
Residential (non-hospital)  3,452  3,270  2,845   953 1,633   160   588   794  84 152   307
Detoxification    893    869    757   315   465    62   216   247  25  25    71
Short-term treatment (30 days or fewer)  1,691  1,638  1,398   530   861   117   421   441  43  62   151
Long-term treatment (more than 30 days)  2,801  2,632  2,316   753 1,282    99   377   615  72 134   273
Hospital inpatient    748    722    437   339   512   419   590   109  80  53    47
Detoxification    666    644    376   306   454   386   528   103  74  48    44
Treatment    548    531    318   255   391   327   440    69  63  43    38
1 Number of facilities sums to more than the Total column because a facility could report more than one licensing, certification, or accreditation organization.
2 Number of facilities sums to more than the total because a facility could offer more than one type of care.
3 JCAHO - Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; CARF -  formerly Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities; NCQA - National Committee for Quality Assurance; COA - Council on Accreditation.
SOURCE: Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS), 2010.

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