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Table 60b

Types of patient care in hospital practices of family physicians* by census division and practice location, July 2008


Census Division N OB
Cesarean
(%)
Tubal
Ligation
(%)
Dilatation &
Curettage
(%)
Attend
Newborn at
C-section
(%)
Newborn
Care
(%)
Neonatal
ICU
(%)
Pediatric
Care
(%)
All Divisions                
  Rural 265 18.6% 17.8% 24.3% 51.4% 61.5% 9.1% 70.3%
  Urban 775 2.2% 2.0% 4.2% 18.7% 44.3% 4.5% 42.0%
                   
New England                
  Rural 11 6.8% 6.8% 6.8% 10.3% 68.9% 0.0% 68.9%
  Urban 37 0.0% 0.0% 3.2% 15.2% 55.7% 3.2% 50.0%
                   
Middle Atlantic                
  Rural 14 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 37.9% 50.2% 0.0% 56.9%
  Urban 86 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 12.3% 40.8% 0.0% 46.7%
                   
East North Central                
  Rural 47 20.7% 18.3% 32.6% 62.6% 76.2% 13.5% 76.9%
  Urban 142 2.9% 2.7% 7.2% 31.5% 68.4% 9.6% 62.3%
                   
West North Central                
  Rural 67 24.7% 23.5% 37.6% 72.8% 75.5% 17.5% 77.1%
  Urban 73 0.0% 1.0% 5.5% 36.7% 64.8% 6.0% 67.4%
                   
South Atlantic                
  Rural 31 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 11.5% 23.7% 0.0% 44.2%
  Urban 148 2.2% 0.7% 1.2% 7.3% 25.2% 1.6% 19.4%
                   
East South Central                
  Rural 31 33.8% 33.8% 33.8% 45.4% 51.6% 0.0% 70.9%
  Urban 31 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 6.9% 23.6% 6.9% 30.3%
                   
West South Central                
  Rural 26 27.4% 27.4% 22.0% 49.2% 52.4% 6.7% 77.3%
  Urban 72 6.0% 2.8% 4.4% 10.3% 25.8% 3.2% 33.2%
                   
Mountain                
  Rural 21 9.1% 9.1% 13.5% 62.8% 75.4% 20.1% 79.0%
  Urban 65 1.8% 5.4% 4.4% 21.7% 47.9% 10.4% 41.9%
                   
Pacific                
  Rural 17 16.2% 16.2% 24.2% 48.4% 53.6% 0.0% 62.7%
  Urban 121 3.7% 3.7% 7.6% 19.0% 40.2% 1.6% 33.4%

*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.