MASSACHUSETTS 1999 TABLES - SAMHSA Store

TABLE 5EMERGENCY ROOM USE FOR MEDICAID FFS MENTAL HEALTH AND NON-MENTALHEALTH BENEFICIARIES, BY SEX AND AGE GROUPMASSACHUSETTS, CALENDAR YEAR 1999SexAge GroupMental Health Beneficiaries With Any Emergency Room UseNumberPercent ofTotal FFSMental HealthBeneficiariesAverage Number of Emergency RoomVisits for Users of Any ER VisitsFor MentalHealthTreatmentFor Non-MentalHealthTreatmentAll ER VisitsNon- Mental Health Beneficiaries WithAny Emergency Room UseNumberPercent ofTotal FFSNon-MentalHealthBeneficiariesAverageNumber ofEmergencyRoom Visitsfor Users ofAny ERVisitsFemale 0-3 13 19% 0.15 1.85 2.00 616 4% 1.274-5 15 14% 0.13 0.93 1.07 218 4% 1.226-12 70 9% 0.20 1.07 1.27 578 3% 1.2413-18 203 20% 0.44 1.50 1.94 608 4% 1.3619-21 130 28% 0.38 1.42 1.81 719 8% 1.3722-44 2,915 27% 0.37 1.77 2.14 3,761 7% 1.4145-64 2,280 24% 0.23 1.63 1.86 2,355 10% 1.5565+ 2,968 21% 0.12 1.49 1.62 7,876 10% 1.38All Ages 8,594 23% 0.25 1.62 1.86 16,731 7% 1.40Male 0-3 15 15% 0.07 1.33 1.40 758 5% 1.344-5 19 9% 0.05 1.26 1.32 250 4% 1.246-12 149 10% 0.32 1.20 1.52 625 3% 1.2313-18 194 16% 0.43 1.31 1.74 547 4% 1.2819-21 85 26% 0.67 1.45 2.12 189 4% 1.5822-44 2,796 25% 0.40 1.62 2.02 2,694 7% 1.5745-64 1,879 25% 0.28 1.75 2.04 2,522 11% 1.6265+ 1,163 23% 0.13 1.64 1.77 3,235 11% 1.47All Ages 6,300 24% 0.32 1.64 1.95 10,820 7% 1.49Total 0-3 28 17% 0.11 1.57 1.68 1,374 4% 1.314-5 34 10% 0.09 1.12 1.21 468 4% 1.236-12 219 10% 0.28 1.16 1.44 1,203 3% 1.2313-18 397 18% 0.43 1.41 1.84 1,155 4% 1.3219-21 215 27% 0.50 1.43 1.93 908 7% 1.4122-44 5,711 26% 0.38 1.69 2.08 6,455 7% 1.4845-64 4,159 25% 0.25 1.68 1.94 4,877 10% 1.5965+ 4,131 22% 0.13 1.54 1.66 11,111 10% 1.41All Ages 14,894 23% 0.28 1.63 1.90 27,551 7% 1.44Notes: An emergency room visit is classified as "for mental health treatment" if one of the mental health diagnoses in Table 3 is shown as the primarydiagnosis on the emergency room claim. If any other diagnosis is shown as the primary diagnosis on the claim, the emergency room visit is classifiedas being for non-mental health treatment. Visits are defined by unique dates of service.FFS mental health beneficiaries include all FFS beneficiaries who had one or more of the mental health diagnoses shown in Table 3 as a primarydiagnosis on at least one Medicaid claim during 1999, or who received a clearly identifiable mental health service during the year (inpatient psychiatricservice for age 65+ or under age 22, or nursing facility mental health service for age 65+).Table5