QuickStats : Percentage of Mental Health–Related Primary Care Office Visits, by Age Group — National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, United States, 2010

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• Alternative Title:
  Percentage of Mental Health–Related Primary Care Office Visits, by Age Group — National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, United States, 2010
• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Personal Author:
  Cherry, Donald K. ; Schappert, Susan M.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)
• Description:
  In 2010, 20% of all visits to primary care physicians included at least one of the following mental health indicators: depression screening, counseling, a mental health Diagnosis or reason for visit, psychotherapy, or provision of a psychotropic drug. The percentage of mental health–related visits to primary care physicians increased with age through age 59 years and then stabilized. Approximately 6% of visits for children aged <12 years and approximately 31% of visits for adults aged ≥75 years were associated with mental health care.
  
  Source: 2010 National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey. Available at http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/ahcd.htm.
  
  Reported by: Donald K. Cherry, MS; Susan M. Schappert, MA.
  
  
• Subjects:
  QuickStats
• Source:
  MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2014; 63(47):1118
• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  0149-2195 (print) ; 1545-861X (digital)
• Document Type:
  Charts, Diagrams, Etc.
• Genre:
  QuickStats
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  1 pdf page
• Volume:
  63
• Issue:
  47
• Collection(s):
  National Center for Health Statistics Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/84350/cdc_84350_DS1.pdf
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