TABLE 1—
Demographic Characteristics and Health Status Among US Adults With Serious Mental Illness Who Were Uninsured or Covered by Medicaid-Only: National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2008–2013
| Demographic Characteristics and Health Status | Full-Year Uninsured (n = 1000), Weighted % (SE) | Full-Year Medicaid-Only (n = 1000), Weighted % (SE) | P for Point Difference |
| Age, y | |||
| 18–25 | 15.5 (1.16) | 12.7 (0.97) | .057 |
| 26–49 | 63.5 (2.47) | 65.4 (2.64) | .601 |
| 50–64 | 21.0 (2.52) | 21.9 (2.63) | .795 |
| Gender: male | 42.7 (2.38) | 24.2 (2.34) | < .001a |
| Race/ethnicity | |||
| Non-Hispanic White | 62.4 (2.50) | 60.3 (2.58) | .562 |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 13.4 (1.72) | 19.6 (2.16) | .027 |
| Non-Hispanic Asian | 1.7 (0.62) | 1.1 (0.45) | .414 |
| Non-Hispanic multiple races | 1.2 (0.36) | 2.2 (0.51) | .125 |
| Non-Hispanic other | 1.1 (0.34) | 2.0 (0.50) | .153 |
| Hispanic | 20.2 (2.19) | 14.8 (1.88) | .068 |
| Education | |||
| < high school | 31.0 (2.13) | 35.4 (2.55) | .189 |
| High school graduate | 35.2 (2.30) | 35.4 (2.42) | .94 |
| Some college | 27.9 (2.23) | 25.6 (2.34) | .495 |
| College graduate | 6.0 (1.02) | 3.6 (0.82) | .07 |
| Employment status | |||
| Full-time | 20.1 (1.79) | 7.7 (1.19) | < .001a |
| Part-time | 17.8 (1.87) | 12.3 (1.66) | .026 |
| Disabled for work | 21.1 (2.12) | 52.3 (2.42) | < .001a |
| Unemployed | 23.1 (2.16) | 13.6 (1.81) | .008 |
| Other | 17.8 (1.86) | 14.1 (1.44) | .116 |
| Marital status: married (yes/no) | 25.8 (2.27) | 21.81 (2.29) | .209 |
| Metropolitan statistical area: yes | 77.5 (2.11) | 78.5 (1.84) | .7 |
| Region | |||
| Northeast | 4.6 (0.88) | 22.4 (2.01) | < .001a |
| Midwest | 20.1 (1.77) | 24.9 (2.21) | .084 |
| South | 52.4 (2.39) | 30.4 (2.44) | < .001a |
| West | 22.9 (2.18) | 22.2 (2.40) | .83 |
| Self-rated health | |||
| Excellent | 8.0 (1.31) | 3.9 (0.78) | .007 |
| Very good | 16.0 (1.65) | 15.7 (1.75) | .891 |
| Good | 31.4 (2.25) | 25.2 (2.04) | .042 |
| Fair/poor | 44.6 (2.42) | 55.3 (2.40) | .002 |
| Medical conditions | |||
| Hypertension | 25.2 (2.39) | 27.7 (2.19) | .438 |
| Heart disease | 4.2 (1.08) | 5.9 (1.21) | .26 |
| Stroke | 2.5 (0.90) | 1.9 (0.64) | .611 |
| Diabetes | 9.3 (1.59) | 12.5 (1.66) | .164 |
| Asthma | 18.8 (2.00) | 26.6 (2.20) | .008 |
| HIV/AIDS | 0.2 (0.15) | 0.7 (0.30) | .18 |
| Any of the above medical conditions | 42.9 (2.56) | 50.0 (2.47) | .047 |
| ≥ 3 of the above medical conditions | 3.2 (0.98) | 5.5 (1.26) | .108 |
| Past-year emergency room visits for any treatment | |||
| 0 | 45.7 (2.36) | 30.3 (2.31) | < .001a |
| 1 | 20.9 (1.96) | 20.8 (2.13) | .968 |
| 2 | 13.7 (1.54) | 16.4 (1.69) | .244 |
| ≥ 3 | 17.7 (1.79) | 30.1 (2.25) | < .001a |
| Substance use disorders | |||
| None | 67.5 (2.17) | 75.0 (2.04) | .01 |
| Illicit drug use disorders only | 6.6 (1.03) | 8.5 (1.34) | .273 |
| Alcohol use disorders only | 16.6 (1.73) | 10.1 (1.28) | .003 |
| Both illicit drug and alcohol use disorders | 9.3 (1.57) | 6.4 (1.13) | .123 |
Note. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) requires that any description of overall sample sizes based on the restricted-use data files has to be rounded to the nearest 100, which intends to minimize potential disclosure risk.
Source: SAMHSA, Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality, NSDUH, 2008–2013.
a
Statistically significant even after the Bonferroni correction.