Table 2.

Racial-ethnic disparities in mental health care service use and expenditures among youth (5–17), 2010–2017 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey

	Any mental health care use	SE	Any outpatient mental health care use	SE	Any psychotropic medication use	SE
Black-White
2010–2011	−1.3	0.4	−1.6	0.5	−0.3	0.4
2016–2017	−3.8	0.6	−3.7	0.6	−1.5	0.4
Difference in disparity	−2.5	0.8	−2.1	0.8	−1.1	0.6
Latino-White
2010–2011	−4.4	0.4	−2.9	0.4	−3.7	0.3
2016–2017	−4.0	0.5	−3.6	0.5	−2.6	0.3
Difference in disparity	0.4	0.70	−0.7	0.60	1.1	0.50
	Mental health expenditures given any use	SE	Outpatient mental health expenditures given any use	SE	Psychotropic medication expenditures given any use	SE
Black-White
2010–2011	−87.5	110.3	−239.4	71.7	25.1	147.7
2016–2017	−373.1	218.5	−442.1	184.4	32.3	176.0
Difference in disparity	−285.6	237.1	−202.7	199.1	7.1	231.3
Latino-White
2010–2011	−243.1	113.2	80.0	99.6	−223.1	197.4
2016–2017	−153.2	217.5	26.0	276.2	−252.6	276.4
Difference in disparity	89.8	228.46	−54.0	284.56	−29.5	355.0

Bold numbers indicate significance at p<0.05; Standard errors were calculated using balanced repeated replication methods; Results were adjusted for need variables based on the IOM definition: parent-reported mental health and physical health status, Columbia impairment scale, activity limitation, age, and sex