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Table 46
Performance of surgery (major) in hospital practices of family physicians* by census division, July 2008
| Reasons Not Performed | ||||||||||
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| Census Division | Total | Performed in Hospital Practice (%) | Performed only with Consultation (%) | Not Desired (%) | Privileges Denied (%) | Liability Prohibitive (%) | Fear of Liability Suit (%) | No Hospital Department (%) | Reason Not Reported (%) | Not Reported (%) |
| Total | 900 | 3.8% | 0.8% | 65.1% | 1.8% | 1.9% | 0.8% | 1.8% | 28.8% | 9.2% |
| New England | 42 | 2.4% | 2.4% | 74.5% | 2.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 23.4% | 7.1% |
| Mid Atlantic | 87 | 1.1% | 1.1% | 64.0% | 8.0% | 2.0% | 1.0% | 1.0% | 24.0% | 9.2% |
| East North Central | 174 | 3.4% | 1.7% | 73.2% | 2.2% | 2.7% | 0.5% | 2.2% | 19.1% | 5.7% |
| West North Central | 130 | 8.5% | 0.8% | 70.8% | 1.5% | 0.0% | 0.8% | 1.5% | 25.4% | 6.2% |
| South Atlantic | 134 | 2.2% | 0.0% | 55.3% | 0.6% | 2.2% | 0.0% | 1.1% | 40.8% | 14.2% |
| East South Central | 54 | 1.9% | 0.0% | 50.8% | 0.0% | 3.3% | 3.3% | 1.6% | 41.0% | 9.3% |
| West South Central | 90 | 6.7% | 0.0% | 69.1% | 0.0% | 2.1% | 2.1% | 2.1% | 24.7% | 10.0% |
| Mountain | 76 | 2.6% | 0.0% | 66.3% | 0.0% | 1.1% | 0.0% | 3.4% | 29.2% | 10.5% |
| Pacific | 113 | 2.7% | 0.9% | 61.8% | 1.5% | 2.2% | 0.7% | 2.2% | 31.6% | 11.5% |
*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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