|
Expenditures
|
Antidepressants only
|
Psych Tx (with or w/o AD)
|
|---|
| |
% Change
|
95% CI
|
p-value
|
% Change
|
95% CI
|
p-value
|
|---|
|
Total
|
20.2
|
[14.1 , 26.7]
|
<0.001
|
29.4
|
[18.8 , 41.0]
|
<0.001
|
|
Inpatient
|
31.4
|
[7.5 , 60.7]
|
0.008
|
56.9
|
[7.2 , 129.5]
|
0.021
|
|
Outpatient
|
11.1
|
[-2.4 , 26.3]
|
0.112
|
28.1
|
[ 0.0 , 64.2]
|
0.051
|
|
Medical provider
|
17.6
|
[12.1 , 23.5]
|
<0.001
|
28.6
|
[18.7 , 39.3]
|
<0.001
|
|
Prescription drug
|
26.8
|
[18.9 , 35.2]
|
<0.001
|
31.2
|
[20.2 , 43.2]
|
<0.001
|
|
Other
|
-6.8
|
[-20.6, 9.4]
|
0.389
|
13.5
|
[-15.2 , 51.9]
|
0.396
|
- Note: Based on 1,055 community-dwelling elderly aged 65 years or older, and followed for one year during 2001 through 2005. Expenditures were measured in the follow-up year and depression treatment was measured in the baseline year.
- Percent changes of healthcare expenditures for depression treatment categories were calculated from parameter estimates from separate regressions on total, inpatient, outpatient, medical provider, prescription drugs, and other expenditures which included dental, vision, and durable medical equipment. The models adjusted for other independent variables: predisposing (gender, race, age, year of observation), enabling (marital status, education, poverty status, prescription drug coverage), need (health status, functional status), personal health practices (smoking status, body mass index), healthcare use (baseline year log-transformed expenditures), and external environment (metro status) factors.
- Tx: Treatment; AD: Antidepressants; Psych Tx(with or w/o AD): Psychotherapy with or without antidepressants.
