James P. Guevara, David S. Mandell
Background: Children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and asthma incur similar health care costs that are greater than those of most children with these conditions. Objective: To determine if children with behavioral disorders have similar health services expenditures as children with physical conditions and to assess whether children with emotional behavioral disorders incur greater expenditures than children with disruptive behavioral disorders. Methods: Children 2 to 18 years old who were members of households participating in the 1996 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey were eligible for this retrospective cohort study. Children with common behavioral disorders selected a priori were identified by using truncated International Classification of Diseases (Ninth Revision) codes obtained from household interviews. Children with common physical conditions (asthma, epilepsy, and diabetes) and children without these conditions served as controls. Estimates were weighted to reflect the complex sampling scheme. Expenditures for health services were compared. Results: Of 3955 eligible children weighted to represent >4 million, 7.1% were identified with a behavioral disorder. Children with behavioral disorders incurred overall expenditures similar to children with physical conditions but greater than children without these conditions. Among children with behavioral disorders, those with emotional disorders incurred substantially greater overall expenditures than children with disruptive disorders.
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