Medicaid expenditures for children living with smokers

Table 3 Adjusted^atwo-part and aggregate models of expenditures as a function of presence of smoker in home

	Two-part model		Aggregate model
	*Part 1: odds ratio for any expenditures (95% CI)*	*Part 2: conditional expenditure; GLM coefficient (95% CI)*	*Overall expenditure: GLM coefficient (95% CI)*
Overall Expenditures ^b	1.09 (0.99, 1.22)	0.14 (-0.13, 0.40)	0.16 (-0.08, 0.40)
Inpatient	DNC	DNC	0.17 (-0.22, 0.56)
Emergency Dept.	DNC	DNC	0.20 (0.07, 0.33)**
Ambulatory^b	1.03 (0.95, 1.13)	-0.01 (-0.19, 0.18)	0.01 (-0.18, 0.20)
Prescription	1.11 (1.02, 1.21)*	0.19 (-0.10, 0.48)	0.27 (-0.02, 0.57)
Dental	0.95 (0.82, 1.09)	0.20 (0.04, 0.35)*	0.20 (-0.07, 0.47)
Well-child	0.98 (0.88, 1.09)	-0.08 (-0.17, 0.01)	-0.10 (-0.21, 0.01)

DNC: model did not converge
^aAdjusts for child's sex, race, and ethnicity, age-adjusted well child visits (except where well-child visits are the outcome), urban/rural location, Census region, mother's age, presence of both parents in the home, household poverty status, and highest education achieved by either parent.
^bExcludes well-child care, chiropractic, and vision care.
*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01

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