Table 53
Care of infants in neonatal intensive care units (NICU) 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 | 896 | 6.5% | 5.4% | 50.2% | 1.7% | 0.3% | 0.6% | 15.6% | 31.6% | 9.5% |
| New England | 41 | 2.4% | 9.8% | 62.8% | 2.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 11.6% | 23.3% | 4.9% |
| Mid Atlantic | 86 | 0.0% | 3.5% | 51.0% | 5.1% | 0.0% | 1.0% | 14.3% | 28.6% | 9.3% |
| East North Central | 174 | 11.5% | 6.9% | 53.9% | 1.8% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 18.8% | 24.2% | 5.2% |
| West North Central | 129 | 12.4% | 9.3% | 37.8% | 0.8% | 0.0% | 0.8% | 28.6% | 31.9% | 7.8% |
| South Atlantic | 134 | 1.5% | 1.5% | 48.6% | 1.7% | 1.1% | 0.0% | 6.8% | 41.8% | 14.9% |
| East South Central | 54 | 3.7% | 5.6% | 35.6% | 3.4% | 0.0% | 1.7% | 33.9% | 25.4% | 9.3% |
| West South Central | 90 | 4.4% | 3.3% | 62.4% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 2.2% | 9.7% | 25.8% | 8.9% |
| Mountain | 75 | 14.7% | 8.0% | 43.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 19.0% | 38.0% | 13.3% |
| Pacific | 113 | 1.8% | 2.7% | 56.4% | 0.8% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 8.3% | 34.6% | 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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