TABLE 4.
Disparities predicted between Latinos and whites, offset and savings for outpatient mental health care and psychotropic drug usea
| Step 1: disparity estimation |
Step 2: offset estimation per capita ($) |
Step 3: savings estimation (disparity × offset) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Expenditure | Disparity (%) | Disparity per population |
Cost per capita ($) |
Savings per capita ($) |
Total savings ($) |
|
| Any outpatient mental health expenditure | ||||||
| ER total expenditure | 6.3 | 1,104,244 | 113.74 | — | — | — |
| Mental health | 6.3 | 1,104,244 | 113.74 | — | — | — |
| General medical | 6.3 | 1,104,244 | 113.74 | — | — | — |
| Inpatient total expenditure | 6.3 | 1,104,244 | 113.74 | 642.33* | 528.59 | 583,690,028* |
| Mental health | 6.3 | 1,104,244 | 113.74 | 26.99 | — | — |
| General medical | 6.3 | 1,104,244 | 113.74 | 596.69* | 482.95 | 533,295,096* |
| Any psychotropic drug expenditure | ||||||
| ER total expenditure | 14.9 | 2,625,496 | 99.20 | — | — | — |
| Mental health | 14.9 | 2,626,052 | 99.20 | — | — | — |
| General medical | 14.9 | 2,626,052 | 99.20 | — | — | — |
| Inpatient total expenditure | 14.9 | 2,626,052 | 99.20 | 697.77* | 598.57 | 1,571,866,592* |
| Mental health | 14.9 | 2,626,052 | 99.20 | 34.62 | — | — |
| General medical | 14.9 | 2,626,052 | 99.20 | 662.89* | 563.69 | 1,480,273,153* |
a
Dashes indicate no positive offset value or no significant positive offset value for 500 × bootstrap.
*
p<.05