Table 50
Psychiatry 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 | 901 | 23.6% | 6.4% | 57.3% | 1.2% | 0.6% | 0.5% | 6.2% | 34.2% | 9.2% |
| New England | 41 | 19.5% | 12.2% | 68.6% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 31.4% | 7.3% |
| Mid Atlantic | 87 | 17.2% | 3.4% | 63.1% | 3.6% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 2.4% | 31.0% | 11.5% |
| East North Central | 174 | 20.7% | 13.2% | 70.9% | 2.1% | 1.4% | 0.0% | 5.7% | 19.9% | 4.6% |
| West North Central | 130 | 41.5% | 6.2% | 52.4% | 1.2% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10.7% | 35.7% | 6.9% |
| South Atlantic | 134 | 14.2% | 3.7% | 48.1% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 5.0% | 45.0% | 14.9% |
| East South Central | 55 | 30.9% | 5.5% | 60.9% | 0.0% | 2.2% | 2.2% | 6.5% | 28.3% | 7.3% |
| West South Central | 91 | 31.9% | 2.2% | 59.4% | 1.4% | 0.0% | 1.4% | 4.3% | 33.3% | 8.8% |
| Mountain | 76 | 26.3% | 5.3% | 42.9% | 0.0% | 1.4% | 1.4% | 11.4% | 42.9% | 11.8% |
| Pacific | 113 | 13.3% | 4.4% | 55.4% | 0.8% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 7.4% | 36.4% | 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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