Table 4.

Medical and Prescription Drug Expenditures and Utilization for WMHP Users and Matched Comparison Group Members for 2018 and 2019

	2018				2019
ED detail	WMHP utilizer (n = 2791)	Comparison group (n = 2791)	Difference	P	WMHP utilizer (n = 3883)	Comparison group (n = 3883)	Difference	P
Mental health ED	$9	$27	−$18	0.002	$10	$19	−$9	0.109
Nonmental health ED	$152	$163	−$11	0.634	$169	$209	−$40	0.063
Total ED spend	$162	$190	−$29	0.185	$179	$227	−$49	0.029
Mental health ED util/1000	5.6	20.2	−14.6	<0.001	6.7	11.5	−4.8	0.036
Nonmental health ED util/1000	115.4	136.0	−20.6	0.109	118.4	144.4	−26.0	0.018
Total ED util/1000	121.0	156.2	−35.2	0.009	125.1	155.9	−30.8	0.006
Prescription drug detail
Generic drug	$188	$284	−$97	<0.001	$221	$296	−$75	<0.001
Brand drug	$388	$457	−$70	0.078	$313	$346	−$34	0.215
Specialty drug	$605	$734	−$130	0.352	$728	$931	−$203	0.111
Total prescription drug spend	$1180	$1476	−$296	<0.001	$1262	$1574	−$312	<0.001
Generic drug scripts/1000	3719.2	4770.8	−1051.6	<0.001	4034.6	5067.6	−1033.0	<0.001
Brand drug scripts/1000	792.1	815.2	−23.1	0.641	489.7	530.8	−41.1	0.072
Specialty drug scripts/1000	73.8	74.2	−0.4	0.970	108.3	125.8	−17.5	0.124
Total prescription drug scripts/1000	4585.1	5660.2	−1075.1	<0.001	4632.6	5724.2	−1091.6	<0.001

Expenditure amounts in dollars represent per person per year spending; “util/1,000” represents the number of visits utilized per 1000 eligible people; “Generic Drug Scripts/1000,” “Brand Drug Scripts/1,000,” “Specialty Drug Scripts/1000” and “Total Prescription Drug Scripts/1,000” represent the number of prescriptions written per 1000 eligible people.

ED, emergency department; WMHP, workforce mental health program.