Percentage of youth aged 5 to 17 years who waited greater than or equal to 2 midnights between an emergency department (ED) visit and admission to an inpatient psychiatric unit – baseline year rate (March 2019-February 2020) is shown, with percent change from baseline year to pandemic year 1 and baseline to pandemic year 2. Co-occurring conditions are defined by the presence of any claim with that International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision diagnosis anywhere in the acute care episode, including individuals with a primary ED diagnosis of autism. Blue indicates change from baseline to pandemic year 1, and orange indicates change from baseline to pandemic year 2. ADHD indicates attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder; SUD, substance use disorder.
aAsian, Black/African American, Hispanic, Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, multiracial, and other race and ethnicity.