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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Med Care. 2017 Feb;55(2):164–172. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000635

Table 1.

Demographics and spending/service use at the member-month level.

Table 1a: Demographics and employer, plan, and provider information
Total number of employers 393
Total number of plans 6,587
Total number of members 5,987,776
Total number of member-months 179,506,951

n %

Age group
 27–34 years 35,742,653 19.9
 35–44 49,634,679 27.7
 45–54 52,758,152 29.4
 55–64 41,371,467 23.0
Male (vs. female) 87,980,696 49.0
Census Division
  Northeast: New England 7,272,335 4.1
  Northeast: Middle Atlantic 20,034,873 11.2
  Midwest: East North Central 28,083,675 15.6
  Midwest: West North Central 17,624,910 9.8
  South: South Atlantic 34,657,012 19.3
  South: East South Central 8,603,236 4.8
  South: West South Central 28,129,871 15.7
  West: Mountain 17,226,012 9.6
  West: Pacific 17,875,027 10.0
Primary insured person (vs. dependent) 120,533,776 67.2
Employer group size
 >40K enrolled employees 44,609,973 24.9
 >10K & ≤40K 75,906,647 42.3
 5,000–10,000 30,849,945 17.2
 <5,000 28,140,386 15.7
Plan type is EPO, POS, or HMO (vs. PPO, MIN, HDHP)1 163,955,965 91.9

Number of providers per 1000 members, for a given state & year, by provider type: Mean SD

 MD (doctor of medicine) 0.8 0.7
 MSW (master of social work) 3.1 3.7
 PHD (doctor of philosophy) 1.1 1.1
 RN (registered nurse) 0.2 0.3
 Non-independent licensed 0.2 2.3
Table 1b: Member-months with any spending/service use, and diagnostic distribution
n %

Any spending/service use 4,251,730 2.4
Among member-months with any spending/service use:
 Any adjustment disorder 1,081,747 25.4
 Any post-traumatic stress disorder 167,027 3.9
 Any generalized anxiety 817,409 19.2
 Any obsessive-compulsive disorder 80,100 1.9
 Any panic disorder 180,569 4.2
 Any phobia 37,360 0.9
 Any cognitive disorder 16,386 0.4
 Any bipolar disorder 370,660 8.7
 Any depressive disorder 1,863,744 43.8
 Any personality disorder 33,435 0.8
 Any psychotic disorder 50,627 1.2
 Any alcohol use disorder 139,158 3.3
 Any drug use disorder 81,333 1.9
 Any other psychiatric disorder 222,506 5.2
Table 1c: Spending and service use, by expenditure/utilization type
Any spending/service use n %

 Total Expenditures 4,246,461 2.37
 Plan Expenditures 3,581,143 2.00
 Patient Out-Of-Pocket Expenditures 3,849,122 2.14
 Outpatient Assessment/Diagnostic Evaluation 502,497 0.28
 Outpatient Medication Management 1,476,538 0.82
 Outpatient Individual Psychotherapy 2,469,851 1.38
 Outpatient Family Psychotherapy 195,433 0.11
 Structured Outpatient Care 56,120 0.03
 Day Treatment Care 21,011 0.01
 Residential Care 12,948 0.01
 Inpatient Care 50,030 0.03

Level of spending/service use, among users Mean SD

 Total Expenditures ($) 345.4 1,453.0
 Plan Expenditures ($) 300.6 1,449.0
 Patient Out-Of-Pocket Expenditures ($) 101.6 252.0
 Outpatient Assessment/Diagnostic Evaluation (visits) 1.3 1.1
 Outpatient Medication Management (visits) 1.3 0.9
 Outpatient Individual Psychotherapy (visits) 2.3 1.6
 Outpatient Family Psychotherapy (visits) 1.8 1.2
 Structured Outpatient (days) 6.2 5.5
 Day Treatment (days) 6.3 5.9
 Residential (days) 9.1 8.4
 Inpatient (days) 5.9 5.1

Note:

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“EPO”: exclusive provider organization; “POS”: point of service; “HMO”: health maintenance organization; “PPO”: preferred provider organization; “MIN”: managed indemnity; “HDHP”: high-deductible health plan.