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Table 59d

Types of patient care in hospital practices of family physicians* by census division and family medicine residency training, May 2004


Census Division Respondents Attend Newborn at C-section Percent Neonatal ICU Percent EKG Interpretation Percent GI-Flex Sig Percent GI-Colonoscopy Percent EGD Percent Colposcopy Percent
All Divisions                
  FP Trained 1,467 30.4 4.8 38.1 23.4 3.3 3 17.2
  Not FP Trained 144 15.3** 2.1** 28.7 29.1 7.3 6.2 9.7**
New England                
  FP Trained 158 30.4 3.2 32.9 22.2 0.6 0 13.3
  Not FP Trained  7   0.0** 0.0** 14.3 28.6 0 0 14.3
Middle Atlantic                
  FP Trained 174 13.2 2.3 31 17.8 1.1 1.1  6.3
  Not FP Trained 16 12.5 0.0** 25  6.3 0 0 0.0**
East North Central                
  FP Trained 175 33.7 5.1 32 28 1.7 1.7 16.6
  Not FP Trained 16 18.8 12.5  6.3** 31.3 0 0 6.3
West North Central                
  FP Trained 196 56.6 8.7 46.9 36.2 7.1 4.6 31.6
  Not FP Trained 16 31.3 6.3 56.3 43.8 18.8 18.8 25
South Atlantic                
  FP Trained 143 15.4 0.7 42.7 15.4 0 0  9.1
  Not FP Trained 14 7.1** 0 35.7 42.9 14.3 7.1 7.1
East South Central                
  FP Trained 131 26.7 4.6 36.6 19.8 7.6 7.6 10.7
  Not FP Trained 21 14.3 0.0** 23.8 14.3 4.8 4.8 9.5
West South Central                
  FP Trained 143 32.9 5.6 47.6 22.4 9.1 9.8 18.2
  Not FP Trained 23 13 0.0** 34.8 26.1 8.7 4.3 8.7
Mountain                
  FP Trained 168 39.9  7.7 33.9 27.4 3.6 3.6 29.8
  Not FP Trained 14 28.6 0.0** 14.3 28.6 7.1 7.1 28.6
Pacific                
  FP Trained 178 30.3 6.7 36.5 20.8 2.8 2.2 20.8
  Not FP Trained 17 11.8 0.0** 35.3 29.4  5.9 11.8 5.9

*Includes only active respondents of the American Academy of Family Physicians. Estimates were adjusted by the sampling fraction and the response percentage for each division.
**Statistically significant at P = .025 using a standardized normal Z test for comparing proportions, a one-tailed test. Calculated for national estimates only.


Source: American Academy of Family Physicians. Practice Profile I Survey, May 2004.