Table 2.
Antidepressant Rx | Psychotherapy | Any Treatment | ||||
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% | 95% CI | % | 95% CI | % | 95% CI | |
All visits (N = 366) | 54.2 | 43.6 to 64.8 | 42.1 | 34.1 to 50.2 | 71.9 | 62.3 to 81.5 |
Primary care (N = 124) | 51.9 | 38.7 to 65.1 | 26.9 | 19.1 to 34.6 | 66.0 | 55.1 to 76.8 |
Family/general (N = 74) | 48.0 | 33.9 to 62.1 | 39.4 | 26.9 to 51.9 | 67.5 | 55.4 to 79.7 |
Internal medicine (N = 50) | 55.9 | 36.4 to 75.4 | 14.0 | 0 to 28.7 | 64.3 | 43.1 to 85.5 |
Psychiatrists (N = 177) | 65.9 | 50.8 to 81.0 | 84.7 | 78.4 to 91.0 | 91.8 | 86.0 to 97.7 |
All other specialists (N = 65) | 39.6 | 17.0 to 62.1 | 30.5 | 5.1 to 55.9 | 58.8 | 34.2 to 83.4 |
Data are from the 2001 to 2002 National Ambulatory Medical Care Surveys and include all physician office-based visits by patients aged 65 and older with a diagnosis of depression. The sample sizes listed in the table are unweighted frequencies. CI, confidence interval.