Table 3.

Trends in Disparities: Percent Difference (Δ) in Rates of Change in Spending or Likelihood of Use over the Study Period (FY 1995–2006), Blacks or Latinos versus Whites

	Psychotropic Drugs		Total Mental Health		Total Health
Group	Δ	β	Δ	β	Δ	β
A. Psychotropic drugs, total mental health, and total health: levels of spending
Blacks	+3.4**	+0.034	+0.1	+0.001	+0.8*	+0.008
Latinos	+2.5**	+0.025	+1.5**	+0.015	+0.3	+0.003
	Likelihood of Use		Levels of Spending
Group	Δ	β	Δ	β
B. Psychiatric inpatient services: likelihood of use and levels of spending among users
Blacks	+1.9**	+0.019	+1.8**	+0.018
Latinos	−0.4	−0.004	+0.2	+0.002

^*p value <.01.

^**p value .000.