Practice characteristics influencing variation in provision of depression care in general practice in Norway; a registry-based cohort study (The Norwegian GP-DEP study)

Table 3 GP depression care provided to 285 113 patients with a new depression diagnosis in 2009–2015, during 12 months from date of diagnosis

	Patients who received GP depression care
GP depression care option^a	n	%
Talking therapy and sick leave certification^b	48 381	17.0
Sick leave certification only²	48 157	16.9
Talking therapy only	42 233	14.8
Talking therapy and antidepressant drug and sick leave certification^b	30 912	10.8
Talking therapy and antidepressant drug	28 064	9.8
Antidepressant drug only	24 813	8.7
Antidepressant drug and sick leave certification^b	13 352	4.7
GP consultation for depression with none of the options above	49 201	17.3
Total	285 113	100

^a Talking therapy, antidepressant drug, sick leave certification
^b Sick leave certification applies for patients aged 20–66 years only, because usual age for retirement in Norway is 67 years

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