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Table 11

Average Percent of Family Physician* Patients Covered
by Medicare Managed Care by Census Division and Practice Location, July 2008


Census Division Respondents Average
Percentage**
Total 1,040 22.9%
Urban 775 21.8%
Rural 265 26.2%
New England 48 20.0%
Urban 37 19.6%
Rural 11 21.0%
Middle Atlantic 100 22.5%
Urban 86 21.1%
Rural 14 33.4%
East North Central 189 19.1%
Urban 142 18.5%
Rural 47 20.8%
West North Central 140 24.8%
Urban 73 22.3%
Rural 67 27.7%
South Atlantic 179 25.7%
Urban 148 24.1%
Rural 31 34.5%
East South Central 62 29.6%
Urban 31 28.9%
Rural 31 30.3%
West South Central 98 25.6%
Urban 72 24.3%
Rural 26 29.6%
Mountain 86 22.1%
Urban 65 21.5%
Rural 21 23.7%
Pacific 138 19.5%
Urban 121 20.3%
Rural 17 14.5%

*Includes only active member respondents of the American Academy of Family Physicians.
**Estimates were adjusted by the sampling fraction and the response percentage for each census division.


Source: American Academy of Family Physicians, Practice Profile I Survey, July 2008.