Table 2.

Rates of Treatment During Physician Office Visits by Older Patients with a Diagnosis of Depression in 2001 to 2002 by Physician Specialty

	Antidepressant Rx		Psychotherapy		Any Treatment
	%	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.