Table 4 –

Logistic regression models on TBI, seeking medical treatment, and loglinear regression model on expenditures for pediatric traumatic brain injuries, MEPS^a 2004−2015.

		Medical Seeking Behavior ORb	95% CI for Medical Seeking Behavior	Ratio (total expenditure)	95% CI	Ratio (family expenditure)	95% CI	Ratio (societal expenditure)	95% CI
Age	0−4 yrs
	5−9 yrs	1.81	(0.66−5.00)	1.14	0.50−2.62	2.06	0.89−4.78	1.00	0.40−2.46
	10−14 yrs	0.72	(0.26−2.00)	0.76	0.34−1.70	0.93	0.45−1.91	0.77	0.33−1.78
	15−17 yrs	0.90	(0.35−2.27)	0.96	0.48−1.94	1.96	0.97−3.94	0.68	0.30−1.56
Sex	Male
	Female	1.12	(0.61−2.08)	1.20	0.71−2.02	1.44	0.85−2.41	1.14	0.63−2.07
Race/ Ethnicity	White/Other Race
	Black	0.29	(0.12−0.69)	0.22	0.08−0.59	0.35	0.18−0.67	0.27	0.10−0.77
	Hispanic	0.47	(0.20−1.10)	0.57	0.25−1.28	1.04	0.49−2.22	0.41	0.17−1.00
	Asian	2.25	(0.40−12.60)	1.67	0.54−5.13	0.60	0.19−1.84	1.70	0.45−6.40
Pre-Injury Disability	Without disability
	With disability	2.15	(0.60−7.75)	1.64	0.78−3.45	1.33	0.65−2.70	2.25	1.01−5.02
Family Income Level	High income (≥400% FPLc)
	Middle income (200−399% FPL)	0.58	(0.26−1.34)	0.49	0.23−1.06	0.57	0.30−1.07	0.49	0.21−1.13
	Low income (< 200% FPL)	1.53	(0.47−5.00)	1.36	0.53−3.53	0.64	0.29−1.42	0.97	0.33−2.82
Health Insurance Any private
	Public only	1.00	(0.32−3.14)	0.67	0.29−1.57	0.12	0.07−0.22	0.90	0.35−2.30
	Uninsured	0.33	(0.07−1.50)	0.38	0.05−2.72	0.92	0.19−4.34	0.20	0.03−1.58
Parental Education	Less than high school
	High school	2.27	(0.63−8.19)	1.81	0.64−5.11	0.80	0.38−1.69	1.36	0.45−4.06
	College and higher	1.09	(0.38−3.11)	0.94	0.33−2.69	0.90	0.44−1.83	0.58	0.20−1.72
Parental Marriage Status	Both parents
	Single parents	0.96	(0.40−2.30)	0.82	0.39−1.73	0.37	0.19−0.72	1.27	0.58−2.79
	No parents	0.95	(0.24−3.79)	0.88	0.23−3.35	1.23	0.57−2.63	1.26	0.29−5.49

^aMEPS: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey

^bOR: Odds Ratio

^cFPL: Federal Poverty Line