Comparison of depression care provided in general practice in Norway and the Netherlands: registry-based cohort study (The Norwegian GP-DEP study)

Table 3 Consultations and prescriptions during 12 months from index date, for new episodes of depression^a in general practice, by country

	Number of new depression episodes, 2011–2015
	Norway N = 291,713^b			The Netherlands N = 27,362^b
	n	%	mean	n	%	mean
Consultation
Index consultation only	100,863	34.6		10,520	38.4
Follow-up consultation
GP only	190,850	65.4	2.4	12,261	44.8	1.32
MHN only				1156	4.2	0.13
GP and MHN				3425	12.5	0.96
Antidepressant medication	138,395	47.4		16,285	59.5
Number of days from index date to first prescription, among patients treated with drugs
0–7	65,979	47.7		8,584	52.7
8–31	22,163	16.0		2,891	17.8
32–183	38,355	27.7		3,761	23.1
184–365	11,898	8.6		1,049	6.4

^aTwelve-month washout for depression diagnosis in general practice and/or secondary care and/or antidepressant drug prescription prior to index date
^bNumber of patients with one or more episodes of depression: 256,956 in Norway; 25,804 in the Netherlands

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