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

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Table 7. Mental health utilization and expenditures by urban/rural status and family incomes, children and adolescents aged 5-17 with Medicaid/SCHIP coverage all year, civilian non-institutionalized population, 2004-2006

Urban/rural status	Family income relative to federal poverty line
Urban/rural status	≤100%	≤150%	≤200%
% Rural	21.2%	22.6%	21.5%
Rural
mean per capita MH spending $ 2006	$297	$269	$257
% with any MH treatment	15.9%	14.6%	14.7%
mean MH expenditures if treatment	$1,863	$1,842	$1,750
Urban
mean per capita MH spending $ 2006	$138	$137	$142
% with any MH treatment	10.5%	9.7%	9.3%
mean MH expenditures if treatment	$1,311	$1,419	$1,518

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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