Format of this Report and Prior NDATUS Reports

This is the first NDATUS Advance Report. The main body of the report summarizes key results from NDATUS 1992 and makes comparisons to 7 NDATUS surveys going back to 1980. In the ways discussed in the introduction, this Advance Report has a broader analytic focus than NDATUS reports in the recent past. It also has a narrower empirical focus than these earlier reports because it does not attempt to report the full range of NDATUS data. Its focus is limited to questions that have had the highest response rates from 1980 to 1992, and that have generated the most reliable and consistent data over this period. The forthcoming Main Findings report will summarize all 1992 NDATUS results. Furthermore, an NDATUS public use data file, including all reported and imputed data, will be released soon after this Advance Report.

The data are summarized in this Report using narrative and figures. Technical appendices 1 through 7 respectively describe the methods used to collect NDATUS data, a glossary of terms, limitations of the data, other sources of data, a brief history of the NDATUS survey program, references, and detailed tables.

This discussion of NDATUS findings focuses on 7 types of data:

• the one-day client caseload in specialty substance abuse treatment;
• substances abused: alcohol-only, drug-only, or both problems;
• clients' sex, age, and race/ethnicity;
• provider setting;
• 3 categories of treatment: 24-hour detoxification, 24-hour rehabilitation, and outpatient rehabilitation;
• treatment capacity and capacity utilization; and,
• providers' source of funding.

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