Here's why reality show 'Intervention' has a higher success rate than most rehab programs

"Intervention," which recently aired its 200th episode, isn't just an extremely successful show format - but it's also earned itself a stellar record for having its subjects remain clean after the cameras stop rolling.

Have you ever wondered what happened beyond that moment the subjects step into the rehabilitation program? How successful is the show really?

Business Insider worked with the producers of A&E's "Intervention" to get the statistics on the show's subjects. What they reported back was impressive.

• Out of a total 276 interventions, 27o subjects (or 98.7%) agreed to go into treatment.
• Over the life of the show, only six subjects have turned down further treatment.
• Of the 270 subjects that went on to treatment, 151 (or 55%) remain clean and sober.

Weaver and his team are proud of their record for success.

Success rates for treatment centers are hard to ascertain as there's very little legal requirement for centers to report that data. But NPR reports that there's a substantial amount of information regarding AA programs that place their success rate between just 5% to 10%.

The process of the making a TV show definitely adds another layer of self-examination, with frequent interviews with the subject, his family and friends, and omnipresent cameras.

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