Table 35
Performance of OB-vacuum delivery in hospital practices of family physicians* by census division, July 2008
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| Census Division | Total | Performed in Hospital Practice (%) | Performed only with Consultation (%) | Not Desired (%) | Privileges Denied (%) | Liability Cost Prohibitive (%) | Fear of Liability Suit (%) | No Hospital Department (%) | Reason Not Reported (%) | Not Reported (%) |
| Total | 899 | 19.6% | 1.4% | 62.1% | 1.6% | 3.0% | 1.3% | 3.6% | 28.4% | 8.6% |
| New England | 42 | 11.9% | 2.4% | 71.4% | 4.8% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 23.8% | 7.1% |
| Mid Atlantic | 86 | 4.7% | 1.2% | 67.4% | 2.1% | 3.2% | 1.1% | 3.2% | 23.2% | 9.3% |
| East North Central | 174 | 23.0% | 3.4% | 71.3% | 2.8% | 2.8% | 1.4% | 3.5% | 18.2% | 5.2% |
| West North Central | 130 | 40.8% | 2.3% | 66.7% | 1.2% | 1.2% | 3.6% | 3.6% | 23.8% | 4.6% |
| South Atlantic | 133 | 6.0% | 0.8% | 52.0% | 2.3% | 1.8% | 0.0% | 1.8% | 42.1% | 14.3% |
| East South Central | 55 | 23.6% | 0.0% | 55.1% | 0.0% | 8.2% | 2.0% | 6.1% | 28.6% | 9.1% |
| West South Central | 90 | 11.1% | 0.0% | 67.8% | 0.0% | 3.3% | 2.2% | 5.6% | 21.1% | 8.9% |
| Mountain | 76 | 28.9% | 0.0% | 59.7% | 0.0% | 3.0% | 0.0% | 6.0% | 31.3% | 9.2% |
| Pacific | 113 | 18.6% | 0.9% | 54.3% | 0.9% | 5.2% | 1.7% | 4.3% | 33.6% | 10.6% |
*Includes only active member respondents of the American Academy of Family Physicians. Estimated percentages were adjusted by the sampling fraction and the response percentage for selected characteristics. |
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Source: American Academy of Family Physicians, Practice Profile I Survey, July 2008. |
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