Table 1

This report contains estimates of mental health treatment expenditures and selected population characteristics by health insurance status among low income individuals in the community population from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS).

Table 1. Sociodemographic characteristics, mental health utilization and expenditures by insurance coverage, adults aged 18-64 with family incomes less than 100 percent of poverty, civilian non-institutionalized population, 2004-2006

Characteristics	Medicare	Private	Medicaid	Uninsured part-year	Uninsured full-year	Total
Total Population Aged 18-64 under ≤150% of FPL
2006 Population (1000s)	2,094	4,727	5,244	5,266	10,082	27,414
% white	57.6%	65.4%	44.5%	53.7%	43.5%	50.3%
% black	27.1%	16.6%	29.9%	22.2%	19.4%	22.1%
% Hispanic	11.5%	11.8%	20.9%	19.1%	32.4%	22.6%
% other race/ethnicity	3.8%	6.2%	4.7%	5.1%	4.7%	5.0%
% rural (non-MSA)	21.0%	16.4%	18.0%	19.2%	19.2%	18.6%
% poor or fair physical health	71.5%	16.8%	42.0%	28.8%	23.4%	30.5%
% poor/fair mental health	56.2%	11.5%	31.7%	19.1%	16.3%	22.0%
% serious psychological distress	28.8%	6.2%	17.4%	12.6%	10.3%	12.8%
mean per capita MH spending $ 2006	$1,572	$232	$695	$252	$125	$385
% with any MH treatment	46.3%	15.6%	25.9%	15.2%	8.1%	17.0%
mean MH expenditures if treatment	$3,384	$1,468	$2,699	$1,934	$1,548	$2,320
% with Medicaid coverage	67.5%	5.7%	100.0%	57.2%	0.0%	37.2%
% of MH spending paid by Medicaid	34.3%	----^a	89.7%	37.5%	0.0%	48.4%
Serious Psychological Distress (K6≥13)
% white	56.2%	70.6%	50.1%	56.5%	59.2%	56.6%
% black	25.8%	----^a	25.5%	21.4%	18.7%	21.5%
% Hispanic	16.1%	10.1%	21.0%	16.4%	19.2%	18.0%
% other race/ethnicity	----^a	----^a	----^a	----^a	----^a	5.1%
% rural (non-MSA)	19.2%	24.3%	18.4%	22.9%	23.6%	21.4%
% poor or fair physical health	87.0%	50.9%	76.3%	64.1%	56.0%	67.6%
% poor/fair mental health	82.8%	52.8%	72.9%	64.3%	53.5%	65.5%
mean per capita MH spending $ 2006	$2,525	$603	$1,737	----^a	$478	$1,275
% with any MH treatment	67.2%	46.7%	57.0%	44.4%	26.0%	46.2%
mean MH expenditures if treatment	$3,757	$1,290	$3,048	$2,448	$1,835	$2,757
% with Medicaid coverage	71.7%	----^a	100.0%	73.9%	0.0%	53.6%
% of MH spending paid by Medicaid	38.2%	----^a	86.6%	----^a	0.0%	49.3%
No Serious Psychological Distress (K6<13)
% white	58.2%	65.0%	43.4%	53.2%	41.7%	49.3%
% black	27.6%	17.1%	30.8%	22.3%	19.5%	22.2%
% Hispanic	9.7%	11.9%	20.9%	19.4%	33.9%	23.3%
% other race/ethnicity	4.5%	6.0%	5.0%	5.0%	4.9%	5.1%
% rural (non-MSA)	21.8%	15.9%	18.0%	18.6%	18.7%	18.2%
% poor or fair physical health	65.3%	14.5%	34.8%	23.7%	19.7%	25.1%
% poor/fair mental health	45.4%	8.7%	23.0%	12.6%	12.1%	15.6%
mean per capita MH spending $ 2006	$1,186	$207	$475	$131	$85	$254
% with any MH treatment	37.8%	13.5%	19.4%	11.0%	6.0%	12.7%
mean MH expenditures if treatment	$3,137	$1,533	$2,447	$1,196	$1,408	$1,998
% with Medicaid coverage	66.0%	5.1%	100.0%	54.1%	0.0%	34.3%
% of MH spending paid by Medicaid	28.4%	----^a	91.5%	61.3%	0.0%	47.6%

Source: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey 2004-2006, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
a. Cell suppressed because it does not meet AHRQ standards for statistical reliability.

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Internet Citation: Table 1. May 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. https://archive.ahrq.gov/policymakers/health-initiatives/meps/lowinc/lowinctab1.html