Disparities in access to eating disorders treatment for publicly-insured youth and youth of color: a retrospective cohort study

Table 2 Bivariate analysis of factors associated with recommended treatment

	Received recommended treatment
	Yes (n = 553)	No (n = 359)	χ²	df	p
	% (n)	% (n)
	or Mean (SD)	or Mean (SD)
Age	15.9 (3.1)	16.0 (2.7)			0.47
Gender			3.75	2	0.15
Female	87.3% (483)	83.3% (299)
Male	11.8% (65)	14.8% (53)
Non-Binary	0.9% (5)	1.9% (7)
Race/ethnicity			53.28	5	< 0.001
Asian	7.9% (39)	10.6% (35)
Latinx	10.6% (52)	29.6% (97)
Black/African American	1.6% (8)	3.7% (12)
Other	8.7% (43)	9.1% (30)
White	71.1% (350)	47.0% (154)
Language			40.49	1	< 0.001
English	96.9% (534)	85.5% (306)
Non-English	3.1% (17)	14.5% (52)
Insurance Type			69.28	1	< 0.001
Private	86.4% (475)	62.6% (224)
Public	13.6% (75)	37.4% (134)
County rurality	3.3 (7.0)	3.4 (7.6)			0.87
Diagnosis			48.48	4	< 0.001
AN	48.0% (264)	30.1% (107)
AAN	15.3% (84)	13.0% (46)
ARFID	5.8% (32)	6.5% (23)
BN	6.7% (37)	5.1% (18)
Other	24.2% (133)	45.4% (161)
Prior hospitalization
No	70.9% (392)	84.1% (302)	20.97	1	< 0.001
Yes	29.1% (161)	15.9% (57)

AN = anorexia nervosa; AAN = atypical anorexia nervosa; ARFID = avoidant restrictive food intake disorder; BN = bulimia nervosa
Other race/ethnicity includes Native American/Alaskan Native, Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander, and other race
Other diagnosis includes Binge Eating Disorder (BED), Unspecified Feeding or Eating Disorder (UFED), Other Specified Feeding or Eating Disorders (OSFED) with specifiers, and Rumination disorder

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