Table 2.
Service availability for low-income and non-English speaking populations at specialty mental health treatment facilities
| Hospital-based Facilities | Community-based Facilities | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Offer Youth Services | Total | Offer Youth Services | |||
| (N=1,533) % |
No± (n=940) % |
Yes± (n=593) % |
(N=6,034) % |
No± (n=1,467) % |
Yes± (n=4,567) % |
|
| Payments accepted | ||||||
| Medicaid a,b | 92.1 | 89.7 | 96.1 *** | 91.0 | 88.8 | 91.7 *** |
| Sliding scale fee c,d | 33.6 | 30.6 | 38.2 ** | 77.5 | 68.8 | 80.3 *** |
| Services offered at no charge to those who cannot pay e,f | 69.6 | 70.2 | 68.5 | 72.4 | 75.6 | 71.4 ** |
| Private Insurance Accepted a,b | 95.2 | 93.8 | 97.4 *** | 79.6 | 65.6 | 84.1 *** |
| Services offered in other language g,h | ||||||
| Spanish | 49.1 | 46.1 | 53.9 ** | 45.9 | 39.1 | 48.1 *** |
| Other | 25.0 | 25.5 | 24.2 | 13.8 | 14.9 | 13.4 |
Notes:
statistical tests were conducted using chi-square tests.
*p<0.05
p<0.01
p<0.001
Total does not add to 1,533 hospital-based facilities due to missing values: n=21
Total does not add to 6,034 community-based facilities due to missing values: n=92
Total does not add to 1,533 hospital-based facilities due to missing values: n=79
Total does not add to 6,034 community-based facilities due to missing values: n=99
Total does not add to 1,533 hospital-based facilities due to missing values: n=55
Total does not add to 6,034 community-based facilities due to missing values: n=133
Total does not add to 1,533 hospital-based facilities due to missing values: n=9
Total does not add to 6,034 community-based facilities due to missing values: n=39.