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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jul 3.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Geriatr Soc. 2015 Jul 3;63(7):1364–1372. doi: 10.1111/jgs.13494

Table 1.

Mental health care visits as a percentage of total office-based physician visits for younger adults and older adults in the U.S. from 2007-2010

Visit Type Younger Adult (21-64y)
(n=67,653)		 Older Adult (≥65y)
(n=33,008)		 X2 p
Total office-based visits,
 in millions		 2110.28 1052.84
Mental health visit
 Mental Disorder Diagnosis,
  %, (95% CI)		 9.53
(8.92-10.2)		 4.76
(4.35-5.21)		 228.21 <.001
 Psychotropic Medication 19.23
(18.32-20.18)		 18.06
(16.94-19.24)		 5.33 .02
 Visit to Psychiatrist 4.01
(3.53-4.54)		 0.94
(.75-1.18)		 233.76 <.001
 Psychotherapy 2.30
(1.94-2.72)		 0.65
(.49-.84)		 57.65 <.001

CI: confidence interval