TABLE 3.

Disparities in past-year mental health treatment access and expenditures for Black, Hispanic, and Asian children ages 5–17 with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), relative to access and expenditures for White children^a

Measure	White (Predicted probability)	Black		Hispanic		Asian
		Disparity	95% CI	Disparity	95% CI	Disparity	95% CI
Accessing any mental health treatmentb	66.3	−16.2***	−20.7, −11.6	−14.1***	−18.4, −9.9	−27.2**	−42.4, −11.9
	M	Disparity	95% CI	Disparity	95% CI	Disparity	95% CI
Total mental health treatment expenditures among those with any utilization ($)	2,459.0	−483.8*	−867.9, −99.7	−414.8*	−797.6, −32.0	336.6	−1,363.4, 2,036.6

^aMental health treatment includes all types of treatment (outpatient, inpatient, and prescription) for any psychiatric diagnosis, including ADHD. Models adjusted for age, sex, perceived mental health status, perceived physical health status, and Columbia Impairment Scale score, in accordance with the Institute of Medicine definition of health care disparity. Sampling weights and survey nonresponse were taken into account.

^bDisparity values represent the absolute percentage-point difference in the predicted probability of a minority group’s receipt of treatment, compared with the predicted probability for White children.

^*p<0.05,

^**p<0.01,

^***p<0.001.