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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Aug 11.
Published in final edited form as: Matern Child Health J. 2015 Apr;19(4):790–797. doi: 10.1007/s10995-014-1570-4

Table 3. Unadjusted expenditures by category for publicly insured children with a chronic health condition (N = 6,060).

Mother reported depressive symptoms (N = 1,151)
Mean (SE)/proportion
No reported depressive symptoms (N = 4,909)
Mean (SE)/proportion
p value
Total
Any expenditure 0.91 0.93 0.06
Expenditure Amount 3,927.37 (820.45) 3,056.92 (489.67) 0.36
Emergency Department
 Any expenditure 0.23 0.18 0.01
 Expenditure Amount 398.22 (37.91) 513.70 (35.51) 0.02
Office based visit
 Any expenditure 0.78 0.81 0.18
 Expenditure amount 698.59 (71.33) 596.81 (38.08) 0.19
Inpatient hospital
 Any expenditure 0.23 0.22 0.47
 Expenditure amount 21,060.67 (9,533.23) 14,190.70 (256,035.00) 0.49
Outpatient
 Any expenditure 0.25 0.25 0.91
 Expenditure amount 1,180.83 (346.73) 1,039.10 (90.15) 0.69
Prescription medication
 Any expenditure 0.74 0.74 0.93
 Expenditure amount 859.89 (62.50) 740.15 (94.37) 0.28
Dental
 Any expenditure 0.37 0.40 0.10
 Expenditure amount 364.00 (69.05) 275.00 (17.19) 0.21

Values and SEs were survey weighted. P value indicates test for statistical significance of mothers reporting depressive symptoms to mothers who did not using t tests