Table 2.

Dep Tx Patterns among Stroke Survivors with Co-occurring Depression Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (2002–2012)

	Wt.%
Any form of Dep Tx	87.6
SSRI	60.9
SNRI	15.2
TCA	9.8
PPAZ	5.2
Tetra Cyc	4.0
Misc ADP	12.1

Based on 370 older adults (age ≥ 50 years) with self-reported stroke and depression who were alive during the calendar year (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, and 2012)

Abbreviations - Dep Tx Depression Treatment, SSRI Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor, SNRI Serotonin–Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitor, TCA Tricyclic Antidepressants, PPAZ Phenylpiperazine Antidepressants, Tetra Cyc Tetracyclic Antidepressants, Misc ADP Miscellaneous Antidepressants, Wt% Weighted percentage (nationally representative)

Total number of individual antidepressant classes may not add up to 100% due to intra-class polypharmacy

Denominator for Wt.% calculations for individual types of antidepressant classes was the total analytic sample (Unweighted N = 370)