Table 2:

Receipt of adequate treatment in the acute phase of care among Medicaid-enrolled youth (age 5 to 17 years old) diagnosed with a new episode of major depression, by race/ethnicity

	Total N=45,816	Non-Hispanic White n=22,464	Non-Hispanic Black n=12,836	Hispanic n=7,811	Non-Hispanic Other n=430	Unknown n=2,275
Psychotherapy
Any psychotherapy visit	68.6	73.4	58.1***	73.0	56.3***	67.7***
≥ 4 visits (of those that had any, n=31,408)	55.9	57.6	53.0***	55.3**	54.1	54.3*
≥ 8 visits (of those that had any, n=31,408)	22.9	24.4	23.4	17.7***	24.4	22.9
Minimally adequate psychotherapy (≥ 4 visits)	38.3	42.2	30.7***	40.4**	30.5***	36.8***
Minimally adequate psychotherapy, version 2 (≥ 8 visits)	15.7	17.9	13.6***	12.9***	13.7*	15.5**
Pharmacotherapy
Any antidepressant medication prescription	43.2	44.9	36.8***	47.7***	40.0*	47.0
Filled medication for ≥ 84 days (of those that had any, n=19,770)	44.6	48.6	37.6***	42.0***	43.0	46.6
Minimally adequate pharmacotherapy (≥ 84 days)	19.2	21.8	13.8***	20.0***	17.2*	21.9
Any Adequate Treatment
Minimally adequate psychotherapy (≥ 4 visits) and/or pharmacotherapy	49.9	55.1	39.4***	52.3***	41.6***	50.7***
Minimally adequate psychotherapy (≥ 8 visits) and/or pharmacotherapy	31.6	35.7	25.0***	30.1***	27.4***	34.3
No treatment with either psychotherapy or pharmacotherapy	16.4	12.3	27.0***	10.6***	27.9***	15.5***

N=45,816 unless otherwise noted

^*p<0.05,

^**p<0.01,

^***p<0.001

Statistical tests were conducted using adjusted Wald tests to compare youth in each racial/ethnic minority group to White youth.