Skip to main content
. 2022 Mar 2;146(1):51–63. doi: 10.1111/acps.13414

TABLE 2.

Healthcare resource utilization and work loss for patients with incident MDD compared with matched study population controls

Mean healthcare resource utilization and work loss 12 months before index Mean healthcare resource utilization and work loss 12 months after index (incl. index date)
Incident MDD episodes Matched study population controls Incident MDD episodes Matched study population controls
Outpatient physician visits (Mean, 95% CI)
Total 5.68 (5.65–5.71) 2.58 (2.55–2.62) 7.90 (7.86–7.93) 2.48 (2.45–2.51)
Primary care 3.21 (3.19–3.24) 1.41 (1.39–1.43) 4.40 (4.37–4.42) 1.33 (1.31–1.35)
Psychiatric care 0.46 (0.45–0.47) 0.021 (0.019–0.023) 1.57 (1.55–1.58) 0.020 (0.018–0.022)
Inpatient bed days (Mean, 95% CI)
Total 1.68 (1.64–1.72) 0.45 (0.42–0.48) 2.60 (2.53–2.66) 0.48 (0.45–0.50)
Psychiatric care 0.26 (0.24–0.28) 0.004 (0.002–0.007) 1.07 (1.03–1.12) 0.007 (0.003–0.012)
Non‐psychiatric care 1.43 (1.39–1.47) 0.45 (0.42–0.48) 1.53 (1.49–1.58) 0.47 (0.44–0.49)

Work loss days (Mean)

(Mean, 95% CI)

Total days of work loss 32.88 (32.37–33.38) 7.65 (7.26–8.05) 64.80 (64.10–65.50) 7.47 (7.07–7.88)
Sick‐leave days 21.81 (21.43–22.18) 2.83 (2.66–3.00) 52.67 (52.05–53.29) 2.80 (2.63–2.98)
Days with disability pension 11.07 (10.71–11.43) 4.82 (4.46–5.18) 12.12 (11.73–12.51) 4.67 (4.31–5.04)

Table 2 presents healthcare resource utilization and work loss 12 months before and 12 months after index. Patients with incident MDD are compared with matched controls and given the same index date as the case.