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Table 12

Performance (and Reasons for Not Performing) Diagnostic Procedures in Family Physicians' Practices (as of April 2011)


  Perform in Office Not Desired Equipment too Expensive Lack of Training Inadequate or No Payment Valid N
Dermatologic Procedures 87.3% 6.3% 0.7% 3.3% 2.4% 712
Tympametry 39.3% 35.6% 9.2% 10.9% 5.0% 675
Circumcision 29.3% 60.2% 0.8% 3.9% 5.7% 689
Colposcopy 29.2% 42.9% 10.0% 15.0% 3.0% 676
Holter Monitoring 23.9% 42.7% 11.3% 17.6% 4.5% 675
Physicial Therapy 13.6% 60.3% 4.5% 15.8% 5.8% 668
Loop Electrosurgery (LEEP) 10.6% 56.0% 9.1% 22.8% 1.4% 671
Nasopharynoscopy 6.7% 49.9% 8.9% 32.6% 1.9% 467
Laryngoscopy 6.6% 50.8% 7.6% 32.7% 2.3% 671
Botox 4.6% 67.3% 1.9% 23.9% 2.3% 668

Source: American Academy of Family Physicians, Practice Profile II Survey, April 2011