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Table 60c

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


Census Division N Surgery -
Assisting
(%)
Surgery-
Minor
(%)
Surgery-
Major
(%)
Emergency
Room
(%)
ICU
(%)
CCU
(%)
Psychiatry
(%)
All Divisions                
  Rural 265 35.6% 29.4% 5.1% 55.0% 59.1% 39.9% 32.6%
  Urban 775 12.1% 11.9% 2.5% 28.4% 25.9% 22.8% 16.0%
                   
New England                
  Rural 11 17.1% 32.1% 6.8% 57.6% 42.1% 50.9% 51.8%
  Urban 37 6.3% 7.5% 0.0% 29.4% 30.4% 27.3% 5.7%
                   
Middle Atlantic                
  Rural 14 5.5% 13.9% 0.0% 38.9% 47.4% 27.8% 22.3%
  Urban 86 3.2% 6.2% 0.9% 28.6% 27.2% 25.6% 13.6%
                   
East North Central                
  Rural 47 35.7% 28.1% 7.5% 57.3% 52.5% 47.6% 25.1%
  Urban 142 15.0% 18.3% 1.9% 31.2% 27.0% 26.6% 16.8%
                   
West North Central                
  Rural 67 58.5% 51.6% 10.9% 76.0% 67.8% 48.0% 37.3%
  Urban 73 21.2% 20.4% 4.4% 47.7% 45.0% 42.9% 39.6%
                   
South Atlantic                
  Rural 31 4.4% 7.4% 0.0% 32.8% 40.2% 33.6% 20.2%
  Urban 148 2.9% 3.6% 2.1% 16.9% 15.4% 13.0% 8.6%
                   
East South Central                
  Rural 31 9.1% 10.3% 0.0% 36.1% 68.7% 26.7% 35.1%
  Urban 31 0.0% 6.9% 3.2% 39.5% 24.4% 20.6% 20.1%
                   
West South Central                
  Rural 26 37.7% 31.4% 4.5% 61.5% 78.8% 37.2% 50.8%
  Urban 72 7.0% 15.6% 7.0% 29.3% 30.4% 26.1% 21.7%
                   
Mountain                
  Rural 21 61.4% 20.9% 0.0% 56.7% 50.2% 31.4% 27.8%
  Urban 65 18.9% 13.5% 3.0% 32.0% 27.8% 19.8% 20.1%
                   
Pacific                
  Rural 17 50.8% 38.2% 4.7% 40.6% 61.4% 39.5% 27.2%
  Urban 121 24.7% 13.2% 1.6% 21.7% 20.2% 15.1% 8.2%

*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.