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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2021 Nov 23;43(5):283–290. doi: 10.1097/DBP.0000000000001041

Table 2.

Service utilization for PTSD and Control youth

PTSD Control OR P value
n % with use n % with use
Outpatient settings
 Pediatrics 762 79.79% 3592 75.30% 0.77 0.018
 Family medicine 144 15.08% 531 11.13% 1.33 0.039
 Internal medicine 488 51.10% 1538 32.24% 1.31 0.004
Specialist care, any setting
 Neurology 30 3.14% 54 1.13% 1.03 0.947
 Cardiology 34 3.56% 90 1.89% 1.36 0.247
 Gastroenterology 17 1.78% 33 0.69% 1.87 0.364
Acute care settings
 Urgent care 89 9.32% 332 6.96% 1.18 0.317
 Emergency department 366 38.32% 662 13.88% 1.87 0.000
Mental health care by setting
 Outpatient mental health 603 63.14% 336 7.04% 9.09 0.000
 Inpatient mental health 101 10.58% 11 0.23% 1685.02 0.026
Psychotherapy, any setting 486 50.89% 252 5.28% 7.17 0.000
 Individual/family 433 45.34% 226 4.74% 6.62 0.000
 Group therapy 223 23.35% 91 1.91% 5.22 0.000
Psychotropic use, any setting
 Pharmacy dispense 485 50.79% 312 6.54% 6.56 0.000
 Medication management / brief counseling 64 6.70% 21 0.44% 4.84 0.000
Mental health composite variables
 Psychotropic medications only 71 7.43% 192 4.03% 2.20 <.001
 No mental health services 269 28.17% 4236 88.81% 0.10 <.001