Table 49
Care of patients in emergency rooms 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 Prohibitive (%) | Fear of Liability Suit (%) | No Hospital Department (%) | Reason Not Reported(%) | Not Reported (%) |
| Total | 897 | 40.9% | 1.7% | 57.2% | 1.4% | 1.3% | 0.7% | 2.3% | 37.0% | 8.6% |
| New England | 41 | 41.5% | 4.9% | 63.3% | 3.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 33.3% | 7.3% |
| Mid Atlantic | 86 | 34.9% | 2.3% | 56.2% | 4.1% | 1.4% | 2.7% | 1.4% | 34.2% | 12.8% |
| East North Central | 174 | 40.8% | 2.3% | 64.7% | 0.8% | 2.5% | 0.0% | 2.5% | 29.4% | 5.7% |
| West North Central | 130 | 66.2% | 0.8% | 59.6% | 1.8% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 3.5% | 35.1% | 4.6% |
| South Atlantic | 134 | 26.1% | 0.7% | 48.0% | 0.7% | 1.4% | 0.0% | 2.0% | 48.0% | 14.2% |
| East South Central | 54 | 42.6% | 0.0% | 67.5% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 5.0% | 27.5% | 3.7% |
| West South Central | 90 | 42.2% | 1.1% | 58.1% | 1.6% | 1.6% | 3.2% | 1.6% | 33.9% | 7.8% |
| Mountain | 76 | 44.7% | 2.6% | 51.7% | 0.0% | 3.3% | 0.0% | 1.7% | 43.3% | 10.5% |
| Pacific | 112 | 29.5% | 1.8% | 58.3% | 1.9% | 0.0% | 0.9% | 2.8% | 36.1% | 9.8% |
*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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