National Estimates of Health Insurance Coverage, Mental Health Utilization, and Spending for Low-Income Individuals

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Table 4. Sociodemographic characteristics, mental health utilization and expenditures by insurance coverage, children and adolescents aged 5-17 with family incomes less than 100 percent of poverty, civilian non institutionalized population, 2004- 2006

Characteristics	Private	Medicaid/SCHIP	Uninsured part-year	Uninsured full-year	Total
Total Population Aged 5-17 ≤100% of FPL
2006 Population (1000s)	998	5,849	1,514	1,003	9,513
% white	58.6%	32.6%	36.6%	25.3%	35.5%
% black	20.0%	36.3%	22.8%	9.4%	29.8%
% Hispanic	15.4%	27.3%	36.0%	57.7%	30.2%
% other race/ethnicity	----^a	3.8%	4.5%	----^a	4.5%
% rural (non-MSA)	24.7%	21.2%	14.5%	9.7%	19.7%
% poor or fair physical health	4.5%	8.9%	7.8%	7.0%	8.0%
% poor/fair mental health	4.6%	10.3%	11.9%	6.5%	9.5%
% with CIS Impairment	16.2%	18.3%	16.9%	11.2%	17.1%
mean per capita MH spending $ 2006	$71	$171	----^a	----^a	$132
% with any MH treatment	8.5%	11.7%	6.6%	----^a	9.6%
mean MH expenditures if treatment	$839	$1,471	$1,299	$980	$1,376
% with Medicaid coverage	14.5%	100.0%	85.0%	0.0%	79.0%
% of MH spending paid by Medicaid	----^a	90.4%	81.7%	----	83.8%
Population Aged 5-17 ≤100% of FPL with CIS Impairment
% white	----^a	----^a	47.5%	----^a	50.2%
% black	----^a	----^a	36.3%	----^a	31.1%
% Hispanic	----^a	----^a	13.7%	----^a	16.4%
% other race/ethnicity	----^a	----^a	2.5%	----^a	2.3%
% rural (non-MSA)	----^a	----^a	26.7%	----^a	25.6%
% poor or fair physical health	----^a	----^a	20.2%	----^a	19.6%
% poor/fair mental health	----^a	----^a	34.8%	----^a	34.9%
mean per capita MH spending $ 2006	----^a	----^a	$553	----^a	$450
% with any MH treatment	----^a	----^a	34.6%	----^a	31.0%
mean MH expenditures if treatment	----^a	----^a	$1,601	----^a	$1,449
% with Medicaid coverage	----^a	----^a	100.0%	----^a	83%
% of MH spending paid by Medicaid	----^a	----^a	88.7%	----^a	82.0%
Population Aged 5-17 <=100% of FPL without CIS Impairment
% white	----^a	----^a	29.2%	----^a	32.5%
% black	----^a	----^a	36.3%	----^a	29.5%
% Hispanic	----^a	----^a	30.4%	----^a	33.1%
% other race/ethnicity	----^a	----^a	4.1%	----^a	4.9%
% rural (non-MSA)	----^a	----^a	19.9%	----^a	18.5%
% poor or fair physical health	----^a	----^a	6.4%	----^a	5.7%
% poor/fair mental health	----^a	----^a	4.8%	----^a	4.3%
mean per capita MH spending $ 2006	----^a	----^a	$86	----^a	$67
% with any MH treatment	----^a	----^a	6.5%	----^a	5.2%
mean MH expenditures if treatment	----^a	----^a	$1,317	----^a	$1,287
% with Medicaid coverage	----^a	----^a	100.0%	----^a	78%
% of MH spending paid by Medicaid	----^a	----^a	92.9%	----^a	86.3%

Source: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey 2004-2006, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
a. Cell suppressed because it does not meet AHRQ standards for statistical reliability.

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