Table 2 Characteristics of the substance abuse treatment units

Variable

n

%

Location: Geopolitical zone

   North-Central

5

16.1

   North-East

1

3.2

   North-West

3

9.7

   South-East

3

9.7

   South-South

4

12.9

   South-West

15

48.4

Ownership

   Federal Government

11

35.5

   State Government

1

3.2

   Non-Governmental Organization

18

58.1

   Private

1

3.2

Building space occupied exclusively by this treatment unit/Program in the fiscal year

   No building space

2

6.5

   Building space is shared with some other body free of charge

4

12.9

   Rented

10

32.3

   Owned

15

48.4

The unit has a parent organization to which it belongs

   Yes

16

51.6

Year established

   Before 1980

2

6.5

   1981 - 1986

1

3.2

   1986 - 1990

4

12.9

   1991 - 1995

1

3.2

   1996 - 2000

6

19.4

   2001 - 2005

6

19.4

   2006 - 2010

11

35.5

Description

   Specialized residential (e.g. therapeutic community, drug abuse unit standing alone or within a parent hospital)

16

51.6

   Specialized non-residential (e.g. Low threshold/drop-in/street agency/outreach programs)

17

54.8

   Non-Specialized residential (e.g. general hospital)

4

12.9

   Non-Specialized non-residential (e.g. primary health care unit, general outpatient clinic, university counseling unit)

6

19.4

   Treatment unit in Prison

5

16.1