Table 1.
Sample Characteristics (n=657,628)
| Characteristics | Any Mental (n=118190) |
No Mental (n=539438) |
p value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual characteristics | |||
| Mean age, years | 48.2 (47.9 - 48.6) | 47.7 (47.1 - 48.3) | 0.0001 |
| Male sex, % | 36.3 (34.2 - 38.5) | 31.8 (30.7 - 32.9) | <0.0001 |
| Race, % | |||
| White | 56. 8 (49.2 - 64.4) | 51.7 (46.5 - 56.8) | |
| Black | 28.7 (24.0 - 33.4) | 27.7 (24.4 – 31.1) | |
| Hispanic | 10.6 (5.72 - 15.4) | 15.5 (11.1 - 19.8) | 0.0003 |
| Other | 3.9 (3.1 - 4.7) | 5.1 (4.2 - 6.1) | |
| Medicaid eligibility due to disability, % | 87.0 (84.9 - 89.1) | 77.7 (75.1 - 80.4) | |
| Medicaid eligibility due to poverty, % | 13.0 (10.9 - 15.1) | 22.3 (19.6 - 24.9) | <0.0001 |
| Number of Elixauer comborbid conditions (31, 32) | 4.1 (4.0 - 4.3) | 1.6 (1.6 - 1.7) | <0.0001 |
| County characteristics | |||
| Urban/rural, % | 73.5 (67.9 - 79.1) | 72.6 (67.9 - 77.3) | 0.4940 |
| Median Household Income, $ | 40163 (38726 - 41599) | 39233 (37984 - 40482) | 0.0013 |
| PCP shortage area, % | 84.4 (80.6 - 88.3) | 84.7 (81.5 - 88.0) | 0.7183 |
| >=1 FQHC , % | 69.4 (62.6 - 76.2) | 70.8 (65.3 - 76.3) | 0.4042 |
| MHP shortage area, % | 70.0 (63.0 - 76.9) | 73.0 (67.7 - 78.4) | 0.0584 |
| >=1 CMHC , % | 36.9 (26.8 - 47.0) | 39.6 (30.2 - 49.0) | 0.2743 |
| State Characteristics | |||
| Mental health managed care penetration >60%, % | 26.4 (19.5 - 33.2) | 37.6 (28.8 - 46.4) | <0.0001 |
| Medicaid to Medicare Fee Index | 1.00 (0.95 - 1.06) | 1.01 (0.97 - 1.05) | 0.4753 |
| DMH expense per client, $ | 3650 (2978 - 4322) | 3422 (2964 - 3880) | 0.0670 |
| Medicaid enrollment as a percent of population, % | 15.0 (14.7 – 15.3) | 15.2 (15.0 – 15.4) | 0.0152 |
| Federal Matching Medicaid Rate,% | 60.9 (59.2 – 62.6) | 61.4 (60.0 – 62.9) | 0.1863 |
| Presence of Medicaid copayment, % | 53.6 (42.6 - 64.7) | 57.9 (49.0 - 66.8) | 0.0330 |
Values in parentheses are 95% CI.