Expenditures for Treatment of Mental Health Disorders Among Children, Ages 5-17, 2009-2011: Estimates for the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population

摘要

This Statistical Brief presents estimates based on the Household Component of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS-HC) on the use of and expenditures for all medical care, which includes inpatient stays, ambulatory care (office-based provider and hospital outpatient visits), and prescribed medicines to treat mental health disorders among school-age children in the U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized population. Average annual estimates for 20092011 are shown by type of service and source of payment. Expenditures for pooled years are expressed in constant dollars by inflating those for 200910 to 2011 U.S. dollars using the Personal Health Care Expenditure (PHCE) price index component of the National Health Expenditure Accounts. All differences between estimates noted in the text are statistically significant at the 0.05 level or better.