Table 1.
Beneficiary Characteristics, Populations with ASD Only, ASD+ID, and ID Only, Random Sample without ASD/ID
| Population ASD/ID N = 646,708 | Random Sample (No ASD/ID) n = 1,056,585 | |||||||||
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| (I) ASD Only N = 31,101 |
(II) ASD+ID N = 52,049 |
(III) ID Only N = 563,558 |
(IV) MHC n = 372,807 (35.28%) |
(V) No MHC N = 683,778 (64.72%) |
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| N | Percent | N | Percent | N | Percent | N | Percent | N | Percent | |
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| Age (mean, std) | 30.9 | 10.4 | 33.1 | 10.7 | 39.1 | 11.6 | 38.7 | 11.5 | 34.5 | 11.1 |
| Age Category | ||||||||||
| 20–29 | 18,825 | 60.5 | 25,989 | 49.9 | 162,675 | 28.9 | 110,459 | 29.6 | 303,697 | 44.4 |
| 30–39 | 5,901 | 19.0 | 11,993 | 23.0 | 126,172 | 22.4 | 92,594 | 24.8 | 178,563 | 26.1 |
| 40–49 | 3,981 | 12.8 | 9,211 | 17.7 | 151,240 | 26.8 | 92,132 | 24.7 | 114,860 | 16.8 |
| 50–64 | 2,394 | 7.7 | 4,856 | 9.3 | 123,471 | 21.9 | 77,622 | 20.8 | 86,658 | 12.7 |
| Male | 22,342 | 71.8 | 37,010 | 71.1 | 302,032 | 53.6 | 134,611 | 36.1 | 198,300 | 29.0 |
| Race/Ethnicity | ||||||||||
| White, non-Hispanic | 21,859 | 70.3 | 34,428 | 66.2 | 372,338 | 66.1 | 217,031 | 58.2 | 250,173 | 36.6 |
| Black, non-Hispanic | 4,184 | 13.5 | 10,330 | 19.9 | 111,686 | 19.8 | 80,132 | 21.5 | 139,789 | 20.4 |
| Asian/Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic | 680 | 2.2 | 1,270 | 2.4 | 11,318 | 2.0 | 8,761 | 2.4 | 43,182 | 6.3 |
| Hispanic, any race | 1,865 | 6.0 | 3,172 | 6.1 | 40,229 | 7.1 | 46,011 | 12.3 | 209,737 | 30.7 |
| Other ethnicity, non-Hispanic | 2,513 | 8.1 | 2,849 | 5.5 | 27,987 | 5.0 | 20,872 | 5.6 | 40,897 | 6.0 |
| Eligibility Type | ||||||||||
| Poverty | 997 | 3.2 | 145 | 0.3 | 3,430 | 0.6 | 109,870 | 29.5 | 274,810 | 40.2 |
| Disability | 28,334 | 91.1 | 51,317 | 98.6 | 553,973 | 98.3 | 179,414 | 48.1 | 134,601 | 19.7 |
| Other | 1,770 | 5.7 | 587 | 1.1 | 6,155 | 1.1 | 83,523 | 22.4 | 274,367 | 40.1 |
| Insurance type | ||||||||||
| FFS/PCCM Only | 9,745 | 31.3 | 21,941 | 42.2 | 232,840 | 41.3 | 74,607 | 20.0 | 254,314 | 37.2 |
| CMC Only | 8,011 | 25.8 | 13,699 | 26.3 | 162,065 | 28.8 | 105,822 | 28.4 | 161,651 | 23.6 |
| Combination | 13,345 | 42.9 | 16,409 | 31.5 | 168,653 | 29.9 | 192,378 | 51.6 | 267,813 | 39.2 |
| Medicare Dual eligible | 14,488 | 46.6 | 27,236 | 52.3 | 359,531 | 63.8 | 86,827 | 23.3 | 67,077 | 9.8 |
Notes: ASD=autism spectrum disorder, ID=intellectual disability, MHC=mental health condition; FFS=fee for service, PCCM=primary care case management; CMC=comprehensive managed care.
All p-value from chi-square test (t-test for age) of group value compared column (V) p < 0.01.