Table 2.
Characteristics of Medicaid-Insured School-Based Health Center (SBHC) Enrolled Students and Medicaid-Insured Non-SBHC Youth in Delaware, 2014–2016
| Characteristics of Medicaid Insured Youth | Intervention/Exposure | |
|---|---|---|
| (N = 38,547) | ||
| SBHC Enrolled (N = 3450) | Non-SBHC (N = 35,097) | |
| Age (SD) | 15.6 (±1.7) | 15.6 (±1.9) |
| Gender* | ||
| Females | 1846 (53.5%) | 18,082 (51.5%) |
| Males | 1604 (46.5%) | 17,005 (48.5%) |
| Race and ethnicity*** | ||
| White (non-Hispanic) | 1656 (48.0%) | 18,552 (52.9%) |
| Black (non-Hispanic) | 1678 (48.6%) | 14,238 (40.6%) |
| Other race and ethnicity (includes Hispanics) | 116 (3.4%) | 2307 (6.6%) |
| Geographic location* | ||
| Urban | 2856 (82.8%) | 29,530 (84.1%) |
| Rural | 594 (17.2%) | 5567 (15.9%) |
| Year† of claim*** | ||
| 2014 | 451 (13.1%) | 9276 (26.4%) |
| 2015 | 767 (22.2%) | 8986 (25.6%) |
| 2016‡ | 2232 (64.7%) | 16,835 (48%) |
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Age is represented as mean ± SD, while dichotomous and categorical variables are represented as n (%). Independent t-tests for continuous measures and chi-square tests for dichotomous and categorical variables.
Unique Medicaid office visit claims for 2014–2016 for 13–18 years of age.
The differences in the claim years were an artifact of onboarding into the centralized database. Schools in Delaware began reporting data to this centralized system during 2014–2015, and by 2016, 100% of the schools with SBHCs in DE were reporting.