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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