Prevalence of diagnosed mental health conditions among US children with public and commercial insurance

Variations in prevalence differed widely across states and by communities' rurality-urbanity. Medicaid-insured children had consistently higher prevalence than commercially insured children throughout all states. Suburban communities demonstrated the highest prevalence rates for both insurance types, with geographic clustering of high-prevalence areas observed particularly in eastern states for Medicaid-insured children and primarily in urban areas for commercially insured children.