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Table 4 Distribution of second-step treatments by physician specialty

From: What happens next?: a claims database study of second-line pharmacotherapy in patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) who initiate selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) treatment

Second-step intervention

Psychiatry

Family practice

Internal medicine

Multispecialty group

OB/GYN

MD

Unknown

Other

N = 1,403

N = 1,090

N = 504

N = 339

N = 165

N = 336

N = 769

N = 406

n(%)

n(%)

n(%)

n(%)

n(%)

n(%)

n(%)

n(%)

Continued

487 (34.7)

306 (28.1)

137 (27.2)

117 (34.5)

37 (22.4)

119 (35.4)

215 (28.0)

127 (31.3)

Discontinued

210 (15.0)

186 (17.1)

73 (14.5)

44 (13.0)

29 (17.6)

60 (17.9)

139 (18.1)

61 (15.0)

Switch

176 (12.5)

209 (19.2)

72 (14.3)

59 (17.4)

27 (16.4)

44 (13.1)

116 (15.1)

68 (16.7)

Add-on

530 (37.7)

389 (35.7)

222 (44.0)

119 (35.1)

72 (43.6)

113 (33.6)

299 (38.9)

150 (36.9)