2.4% Of Adults Receiving Psychiatric Outpatient Treatment Pay More Than 10% Of Disposable Income On Out-Of-Pocket Costs

About 2.4% of adults who received outpatient psychiatric treatment between 2018 and 2021 spent more than 10% of disposable family income on out-of-pocket (OOP) costs for treatment. Among adults with income below the federal poverty level, 12.8% had a high OOP burden.

Those with a high OOP burden were more likely to be uninsured, to have an addiction disorder, or to have bipolar disorder. Among uninsured people, 7.5% had high OOP burden compared to 2.4% of insured adults. Among those with addiction disorder, 8.7% had high OOP burden compared to 2.8% among . . .