Table 50
Psychiatry in hospital practices of family physicians* by census division, October 2006.
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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 | 1,268 | 36.5 | 6.1 | 39.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 2.1 | 6.3 | 8.4 |
| New England | 119 | 33.6 | 2.5 | 42.9 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 6.7 | 8.4 |
| Mid Atlantic | 151 | 21.9 | 11.9 | 43.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 7.9 | 11.3 |
| East North Central | 168 | 29.2 | 6.5 | 42.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 3.0 | 10.1 | 8.3 |
| West North Central | 174 | 56.9 | 6.9 | 25.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 4.6 | 4.0 |
| South Atlantic | 116 | 35.3 | 4.3 | 44.8 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 2.6 | 10.3 |
| East South Central | 136 | 39.7 | 3.7 | 35.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 10.3 | 8.1 |
| West South Central | 114 | 39.5 | 7.0 | 36.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 6.1 | 8.8 |
| Mountain | 156 | 41.7 | 3.8 | 34.0 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.5 | 6.4 | 9.0 |
| Pacific | 134 | 35.1 | 5.2 | 44.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 4.5 | 7.5 |
*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 each division. |
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Source: American Academy of Family Physicians, Practice Profile I Survey, October 2006. |
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