Table 3.

Expenses of child per year by number of positive responses to CSHCN Screener (in 2009 dollars).

	Number of CSHCN Screener Criteria
	0	1	2	3	4/5
Total Health Care Expenses*
Mean (SE)	804 (12.5)	1,766 (26.4)	4,593 (46.2)	5,097 (73.4)	11,388 (492.7)
Pairwise P Values#	1, 2, 3, 4	0, 2, 3, 4	0, 1, 3, 4	0, 1, 2, 4	0, 1, 2, 3
Total Inpatient Expenses*
Mean (SE)	191 (7.8)	272 (15.2)	1,399 (21.0)	1,421 (35.6)	3,308 (120.2)
Pairwise P Values#	1, 2, 3, 4	0, 2, 3, 4	0, 1, 4	0, 1, 4	0, 1, 2, 3
Total Home Health Expenses *
Mean (SE)	0 (1.3)	3 (1.7)	68 (7.2)	286 (6.1)	2,957 (53)
Pairwise P Values#	1, 2, 3, 4	0, 2, 3, 4	0, 1, 3, 4	0, 1, 2, 4	0, 1, 2, 3
Total Prescription Medication Expenses*
Mean (SE)	14 (1.6)	459 (8.5)	1,099 (23.2)	1,312 (19.4)	2,182 (30.9)
Pairwise P Values#	1, 2, 3, 4	0, 2, 3, 4	0, 1, 3, 4	0, 1, 2, 4	0, 1, 2, 3
Total Outpatient Expenses*
Mean (SE)	43 (2.2)	95 (8.6)	560 (10.3)	422 (26.7)	616 (148.5)
Pairwise P Values#	1, 2, 3, 4	0, 2, 3, 4	0, 1, 3	0, 1, 2	0, 1
Total ED Expenses*
Mean (SE)	84 (8.8)	123 (7.2)	160 (10.0)	196 (11.5)	221 (9.7)
Pairwise P Values#	1, 2, 3, 4	0, 2, 3, 4	0, 1, 3, 4	0, 1, 2	0, 1, 2

SE: Standard Error of the mean.

^*Significant by Rao-Scott chi-square at p<.001.

^#For Pairwise P value, 0 = significantly different from 0 positive Screener criteria, 1 = significantly different from 1 positive Screener criterion, 2 = significantly different from 2 positive Screener criteria, 3 = significantly different from 3 positive Screener criteria, 4 = significantly different from 4 or 5 positive Screener criteria.