Table 3.

Predictors of antidepressant overuse among respondents to the 2005 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS)^a

Characteristic	Adjusted ORb	P
Age ≥65 (reference: <65)	.95	.03
Female (reference: male)	.79	.08
Race-ethnicity (reference: white)
Hispanic	1.03	.88
African American	1.60	.07
Asian	2.00	.12
Education attainment (reference: postgraduate degree)
Less than high school degree	1.14	.65
High school graduate	1.13	.50
College graduate	.26	.34
Postgraduate degree	.40	.25
Income group (reference: high income)
Poor or near poor	.88	.66
Low income	.80	.39
Middle income	.97	.90
High income	.81	.35
Insurance coverage (reference: uninsured)
Private insurance	.81	.22
Medicare	.94	.80
Medicaid	.89	.54
Fair or poor physical health (reference: average to good)c	1.18	.32
Fair or poor mental health (reference: average to good)d	.80	.02

^aWeighted N=23,026,608

^bConstructed with standard errors adjusted for clustering at the individual level and sample MEPS probability weight

^cMeasured by the physical health index of the 12-Item Short Form Health Survey

^dMeasured by the Kessler 6-Item Psychological Distress Scale