Table 3.

Correlates of outpatient and/or prescription treatment use in the past 12 months among adults with mental illness

	Any Mental Illness			Serious Mental Illness
Characteristic	ORa	AORb	95% CIb	ORa	AORb	95% CIb
Insurance
None (reference)
Private	1.86*	1.63*	1.29–2.06	1.69*	1.65*	1.12–2.45
Medicaid, no private	2.77*	2.66*	2.04–3.46	3.42*	3.37*	2.02–5.61
Other	3.20*	2.85*	1.93–3.98	4.08*	4.10*	2.42–6.97
Race or Ethnic Group
Non-Hispanic white (reference)
Non-Hispanic black	.42*	.38*	.30–.49	.51*	.42*	.27–.66
Hispanic	.37*	.40*	.29–.56	.40*	.42*	.26–.69
Other	.45*	.41*	.28–.61	.62	.52	.26–1.04
Age Group
18–25 (reference)
26–34	1.54*	1.43*	1.18–1.73	1.41*	1.13	.80–1.61
35–49	2.04*	1.78*	1.42–2.23	2.46*	1.73*	1.15–2.60
50–64	2.63*	1.88*	1.43–2.47	2.91*	1.62	.83–3.17
Gender
Female (reference)
Male	.58*	.58*	.49–.70	.72*	.73*	.55–.98
Marital Status
Married (reference)
Previously married	1.23	1.05	.83–1.33	1.10	.93	.62–1.41
Never married	.63*	1.02	.81–1.29	.52*	.73	.48–1.12
Education
Less than high school (reference)
High school graduate	.98	1.05	.83–1.33	1.01	1.05	.71–1.57
Some college	1.21	1.38	1.07–1.77	1.24	1.54	.98–2.40
College graduate	1.48*	1.72*	1.28–2.33	1.48	1.99*	1.16–3.40
Employment Status
Not working (reference)
Working	.65*	.70*	.58–.84*	.53*	.57*	.42–.78
Family Income
Less than $20,000 (reference)
$20,000-$49,000	.90	.96	.79–1.18	.79	.93	.66–1.30
$50,000–$74,000	.95	.94	.70–1.25	1.12	1.29	.73–2.90
$75,000 or more	.99	.91	.69–1.19	.98	1.04	.57–1.90
Self-rated Health
Fair/Poor (reference)
Excellent/Very good/Good	.58*	.69*	.55–.86	.60*	.84	.61–1.16

^aUnadjusted odd ratio (OR): models include each correlate separately

^bAdjusted odds ratio (AOR): model includes all correlates

^*p<.05