Annualized Rates of Office Visit Encounters by Depression Status and Residential Location Observed in Health Plan Administrative Data 2008 to 2014
| Urban Patients | Rural Patients | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average Office Visits per Year | % | Average Office Visits per Year | % | |
| Patients without depression | ||||
| Primary care | 2.49 | 44.1 | 2.28 | 45.3 |
| Specialty care | 3.15 | 55.9 | 2.75 | 54.7 |
| Total | 5.64 | 100.0 | 5.03 | 100.0 |
| Patients with depression | ||||
| Primary care | 3.58 | 39.0 | 3.09 | 42.9 |
| Specialty care | 5.60 | 61.0 | 4.11 | 57.1 |
| Total | 9.18 | 100.0 | 7.20 | 100.0 |
| Reduction in primary care fraction | −5.2 | −2.4 | ||