Table 4.
Mutually Exclusive Combinations of Medication and Nonmedication Servicesa for EBD Among All Children Aged 4 to 17 With Diagnosed ADHD by Health Insurance: United States, 2010 to 2013.
Medication (With or Without Nonmedication Servicesa; n = 1898) |
Nonmedication Servicesa Only (n = 563) |
No Service Use (n = 1002) |
|||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | P b | |
Total | 56.0 | 1.0 | 15.1 | 0.7 | 28.9 | 1.0 | |
Unadjusted results | |||||||
Health insurance | <.001 | ||||||
Private | 57.3 | 1.5 | 11.6 | 0.9 | 31.1 | 1.4 | |
Public | 57.0 | 1.5 | 18.7 | 1.2 | 24.3 | 1.3 | |
Uninsured | 33.1 | 4.5 | 18.1 | 3.3 | 48.8 | 4.8 | |
Adjusted results c | |||||||
Health insurance | <.001 | ||||||
Private | 56.5 | 1.5 | 12.8 | 1.0 | 30.7 | 1.4 | |
Public | 58.1 | 1.6 | 17.0 | 1.2 | 24.9 | 1.4 | |
Uninsured | 33.5 | 4.4 | 18.4 | 3.3 | 48.1 | 4.6 |
Abbreviations: EBD, emotional and behavioral difficulties; ADHD, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder; SE, standard error.
Nonmedication services are defined as an affirmative answer to questions about having seen or talked to a mental health professional or a doctor because of a child’s emotional and behavioral difficulties or having received special education services specifically for emotional and behavioral difficulties.
P values are from a χ2 test for unadjusted values and F test for adjusted values.
Adjusted results are adjusted for age, sex, race/ethnicity, and comorbidities. Comorbidities include a parent-reported diagnosed condition of Down syndrome, intellectual disability, developmental delay, autism, or learning disability, or current symptoms of seizures, frequent headaches, or stuttering.