American Academy of Family Physicians
About UsNews & PublicationsMembersCME CenterClinical & ResearchPractice MgmtPolicy & AdvocacyCareers

Table 59d

Types of patient care in hospital practices of family physicians* by census division and family medicine residency training, July 2008


Census Division N EKG
Interpretation
(%)
GI-Flex Sig
(%)
GI-
Colonoscopy
(%)
GI-EGD
(%)
Colonscopy
(%)
Cardiac
Stress
Testing
(%)
All Divisions              
  More than 7 Years 732 22.3% 10.9% 2.6% 2.4% 5.8% 11.9%
  7 or Fewer Years 314 25.4% 5.8% 5.1% 5.0% 14.2% 8.6%
                 
New England              
  More than 7 Years 38 17.2% 6.6% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0% 4.6%
  7 or Fewer Years 9 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
                 
Middle Atlantic              
  More than 7 Years 75 20.0% 7.6% 1.0% 1.0% 1.2% 2.6%
  7 or Fewer Years 25 38.2% 4.7% 0.0% 0.0% 9.4% 0.0%
                 
East North Central              
  More than 7 Years 132 25.4% 16.3% 1.9% 2.6% 9.9% 13.2%
  7 or Fewer Years 56 17.1% 9.2% 6.3% 8.8% 15.0% 14.7%
                 
West North Central              
  More than 7 Years 104 38.1% 22.5% 3.5% 1.7% 7.3% 30.3%
  7 or Fewer Years 37 39.3% 10.7% 14.5% 10.7% 11.3% 21.4%
                 
South Atlantic              
  More than 7 Years 131 15.5% 3.3% 2.8% 1.5% 3.1% 4.9%
  7 or Fewer Years 51 7.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 12.0% 7.8%
                 
East South Central              
  More than 7 Years 33 16.0% 8.8% 5.8% 5.8% 0.0% 15.4%
  7 or Fewer Years 29 53.0% 4.0% 4.0% 4.0% 36.0% 0.0%
                 
West South Central              
  More than 7 Years 67 17.3% 10.0% 7.8% 4.9% 8.6% 17.4%
  7 or Fewer Years 32 36.1% 6.6% 6.6% 10.2% 7.9% 15.0%
                 
Mountain              
  More than 7 Years 58 19.6% 7.5% 1.3% 2.9% 7.2% 14.2%
  7 or Fewer Years 30 28.8% 3.9% 8.5% 3.9% 24.7% 3.9%
                 
Pacific              
  More than 7 Years 94 21.3% 8.6% 0.9% 3.4% 6.5% 3.2%
  7 or Fewer Years 45 15.1% 7.7% 2.6% 2.6% 7.3% 2.2%

*Includes only active respondents of the American Academy of Family Physicians. Estimates were adjusted by the sampling fraction and the response percentage for selected characteristics.


Source: American Academy of Family Physicians. Practice Profile I Survey, July 2008.