Table 3. Depression-specific utilization of services according to sex, age, and severity.
| Care sector | ||||||||
| Primary care physician*1 | Medical specialist*2 | Psychological psychotherapist*3 | Other specialist*4 | Services not subject to an application process | Services subject to an application process | Antidepressant prescriptions (ATC: N06A) | Inpatient treatment (depression) | |
| Patient group | ||||||||
| All | 78.3% | 18.7% | 5.1% | 33.7% | 50.7% | 6.2% | 42.0% | 2.2% |
| Sex | n. s. | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Males (n = 93 190) | 78.1% | 19.5% | 4.5% | 30.0% | 47.2% | 5.2% | 39.5% | 2.5% |
| Females (n = 192 378) | 78.4% | 18.3% | 5.4% | 36.2% | 52.4% | 6.7% | 43.2% | 2.0% |
| Severity | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Mild (n = 45 850) | 69.5% | 16.4% | 3.9% | 38.3% | 48.0% | 4.6% | 33.2% | 0.0% |
| Moderate (n = 86 438) | 79.2% | 25.8% | 9.7% | 33.0% | 55.7% | 10.6% | 48.1% | 1.4% |
| Severe (n = 46 126) | 82.8% | 41.1% | 9.2% | 39.9% | 59.0% | 10.2% | 60.3% | 10.7% |
| Nonspecific (n = 107 154) | 79.5% | 4.3% | 0.2% | 29.6% | 44.3% | 1.6% | 32.9% | 0.0% |
| Age group | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 18–29 Years (n = 22 200) | 75.5% | 18.3% | 10.6% | 27.1% | 66.6% | 13.2% | 32.2% | 5.6% |
| 30–39 Years (n = 26 808) | 76.1% | 19.8% | 10.0% | 27.9% | 61.1% | 11.7% | 36.8% | 3.0% |
| 40–49 Years (n = 40 628) | 79.0% | 22.1% | 8.1% | 31.0% | 57.6% | 9.7% | 43.0% | 2.9% |
| 50–59 Years (n = 64 928) | 78.8% | 23.4% | 6.9% | 35.4% | 54.6% | 8.4% | 45.3% | 2.5% |
| 60–69 Years (n = 53 824) | 79.7% | 18.0% | 2.7% | 36.5% | 44.9% | 3.5% | 41.6% | 1.3% |
| 70–79 Years (n = 42 532) | 77.4% | 13.9% | 0.7% | 37.6% | 42.3% | 0.9% | 42.6% | 1.0% |
| 80–89 Years (n = 30 462) | 78.9% | 12.4% | 0.2% | 33.9% | 37.6% | 0.2% | 44.8% | 0.8% |
| ≥ 90 Years (n = 4186) | 81.3% | 10.1% | 0.0% | 27.8% | 28.4% | 0.0% | 44.3% | 0.4% |
*** p < 0.001; n. s. = Not significant
*1 Diagnosis of depression made by a primary care physician (physician groups 1, 2, 3)
*2 Diagnosis of depression made by a medical specialist in a field such as psychiatry or neurology (physician groups 51, 53, 58, 60, 61)
*3 Diagnosis of depression made by a psychological psychotherapist (physician group 68)
*4 Diagnosis of depression made by another medical specialist (other physician groups)
ATC; Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System