Table 10

Acceptance by family physicians* of new Medicaid fee for service patients by census division and practice location, October 2006.

		Total
Census Division		N	Percent	Accepting New Patients	Not Accepting New Patients	Not Reported
Total		1,422	100.0%	52.7%	39.5%	7.8%
	Urban	1,060	100.0%	46.9%	44.6%	8.5%
	Rural	352	100.0%	71.6%	22.8%	5.6%

New England		130	100.0%	66.9%	25.4%	7.7%
	Urban	92	100.0%	68.5%	25.0%	6.5%
	Rural	37	100.0%	62.2%	27.0%	10.8%
Middle Atlantic		166	100.0%	47.6%	41.0%	11.4%
	Urban	152	100.0%	48.0%	41.4%	10.5%
	Rural	13	100.0%	38.5%	38.5%	23.1%
East North Central		184	100.0%	58.2%	34.8%	7.1%
	Urban	136	100.0%	50.7%	40.4%	8.8%
	Rural	48	100.0%	79.2%	18.8%	2.1%
West North Central		177	100.0%	75.1%	17.5%	7.3%
	Urban	104	100.0%	68.3%	22.1%	9.6%
	Rural	71	100.0%	84.5%	11.3%	4.2%
South Atlantic		141	100.0%	41.1%	52.5%	6.4%
	Urban	125	100.0%	37.6%	56.0%	6.4%
	Rural	15	100.0%	66.7%	26.7%	6.7%
East South Central		155	100.0%	47.7%	46.5%	5.8%
	Urban	94	100.0%	44.7%	48.9%	6.4%
	Rural	59	100.0%	52.5%	42.4%	5.1%
West South Central		129	100.0%	41.1%	51.9%	7.0%
	Urban	97	100.0%	30.9%	60.8%	8.2%
	Rural	31	100.0%	71.0%	25.8%	3.2%
Mountain		183	100.0%	60.7%	33.9%	5.5%
	Urban	126	100.0%	57.1%	38.9%	4.0%
	Rural	56	100.0%	67.9%	23.2%	8.9%
Pacific		157	100.0%	49.7%	39.5%	10.8%
	Urban	134	100.0%	44.8%	43.3%	11.9%
	Rural	22	100.0%	77.3%	18.2%	4.5%
*Includes only active member respondents of the American Academy of Family Physicians.
Source: American Academy of Family Physicians, Practice Profile I Survey, October 2006.