- In 2008, nearly two thirds (65 percent) of substance abuse treatment facilities accepted some private health insurance as a form of client payment
- Facilities with a primary focus of providing mental health services (85 percent), general health care (82 percent), or a mix of mental health services and substance abuse treatment (78 percent) were more likely than facilities with a substance abuse treatment focus (56 percent) or other focus (37 percent) to accept private health insurance
- Facilities that accepted private health insurance were more likely than those that did not to accept adolescents into treatment (58 vs. 33 percent)
- Facilities in urban areas were less likely than facilities in non-urban areas to accept private health insurance
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