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Table 5

Average number of family physician visits per week and average number of patients in various settings, October 2006.


    Office Visits Hospital Visits Nursing Home Visits House Calls Patients Supervised Under Home Health Care Nursing Home Patients Supervised Hospice Patients Supervised Patients with Free or Discounted Care
Total 84.4 8.3 2.8 0.4 5.7  9.4 2.3 7.3
Census Division                
  New England 69.5 7.0 2.5 0.3 8.7 6.3 1.4 8.9
  Middle Atlantic 85.5 11.1 5.3 0.6 5.3 11.5 1.7 7.2
  East North Central 84.9 8.6 3.8 0.5 5.3  14.3 2.0 6.1
  West North Central 86.1 11.3 2.1 0.1 7.6 11.0 2.3 5.0
  South Atlantic 82.3 6.0 2.0 0.3 3.4  4.8 1.8 6.8
  East South Central 102.5 11.8 2.3 0.7 10.3  9.7 2.8 9.9
  West South Central 91.2 9.8 3.9 0.3 9.2 13.9 4.5 9.6
  Mountain 74.2 8.3 2.9 0.4 4.2 8.7 2.0 9.7
  Pacific 81.7 4.4 0.9 0.3 3.0 4.0 2.2 6.6
Location                
  Urban 84.0 7.4 2.4 0.3 4.7 7.7 1.9 6.9
  Rural 86.4 11.5 4.2 0.5 8.5 15.1 3.9 8.7
Completion of FP Residency              
  FP Residency Graduate 83.5 8.1 2.7 0.4 5.5 9.0 2.3 7.3
  Not FP Residency Graduate 96.3  10.6 4.5 0.5 8.3 14.0 2.3 7.1

*Based on survey responses of 1,422 active members of the American Academy of Family Physicians, including those with no visits in any setting.


Source: American Academy of Family Physicians, Practice Profile I Survey, October 2006