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Table 1 De scription of study sample by type of depression treatment, medicare current beneficiary survey, 2000-2005 ^a

From: Depression treatment and short-term healthcare expenditures among elderly Medicare beneficiaries with chronic physical conditions

		AD only		Psych Tx (with or w/o AD)		No Tx.
		N	Wt %	N	Wt %	N	Wt %
Observation years
	2000-2001	70	42.2	34	23	60	34.7
	2001-2002	113	59.4	28	14.4	54	26.3
	2002-2003	104	48.5	41	19.9	69	31.6
	2003-2004	132	59.8	33	14.4	55	25.8
	2004-2005	137	53.3	45	18	80	28.7
Gender
	Female	409	53.2	137	18.4	228	28.4
	Male	147	53.5	44	15.5	90	30.9
Race
	White	487	55.2	145	16.8	258	28.0
	African American	24	39.5	12	22.5	23	37.9
	Other	45	43.5	24	23.0	37	33.4
Age in years
	65-69	111	53	36	19	59	28
	70-74	119	57.4	36	17.4	55	25.1
	75-79	110	51	42	19.4	63	29.6
	80 +	216	52.1	67	15.7	141	32.2
Marital status
	Married	239	55.8	68	16.6	118	27.6
	Other	317	51.5	112	18.3	200	30.2
Metro status
	Metro	397	53.7	145	19.6	211	26.7
	Not Metro	159	52	36	11.9	107	36.1
Education
	LT High school	176	52.7	50	14.1	121	33.2
	High school	218	53.2	58	14.9	128	31.9
	Some college	68	49.7	30	22.8	38	27.5
	College	91	57.5	43	27.3	29	15.2
Poverty status
	LT 200%	314	51	95	15.7	214	33.4
	GE 200%	242	56.4	86	20.4	104	23.2
Prescription drug coverage
	Yes	446	54.2	146	17.9	243	27.9
	No	110	49.4	35	16.5	75	34.1
Perceived health status
	Excellent/very good	137	50.4	53	20.4	81	29.2
	Good	194	54.7	60	17.6	105	27.7
	Fair/poor	221	53.9	67	16.1	129	30.0
Functional status (ADL)
	None	285	50.8	95	18.2	179	31.1
	1-2	162	54.5	53	16.8	91	28.7
	3-6	106	58.4	33	18.1	47	23.4
Smoking status
	Current	57	53.2	17	18.6	31	28.2
	Past	263	54.0	82	16.6	155	29.3
	Never	235	52.8	82	18.8	128	28.4
BMI
	Underweight/normal	237	52.4	84	19.5	140	28.2
	Overweight	178	52.4	54	14.9	111	32.7
	Obese	137	55.9	42	18.6	64	25.6

Note: Based on 1,055 elderly community-dwelling Medicare beneficiaries aged 65 years or older, and followed for one year during 2001 through 2005. All characteristics and depression treatment were measured in year 1.
^aDue to small number of individuals who received only psychotherapy but no antidepressant treatment, we combined people having psychotherapy with and without antidepressant treatment into one group.
Wt.: Weighted. LT: Less than; GE: Greater than or equal to; Tx: Treatment; AD: Antidepressants; Psych Tx (with or w/o AD): Psychotherapy with or without antidepressants; ADL: Activities of daily living; BMI: Body Mass Index.

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