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Table 60d

Types of patient care in hospital practices of family physicians* by census division and practice location, May 2004


Census Division Respondents Attend Newborn at C-Section Percent Neonatal ICU Percent EKG Interpretation Percent GI-Flex Sig Percent GI-Colonoscopy Percent GI-EGD Percent Colposcopy Percent
All Divisions                
  Urban 1,198 22.1 4.2 33.2 21.2 1.1 0.9 14.4
  Rural 413 50.9** 5.8 50.0** 32.4** 11.9** 10.7** 23.3**
New England                
  Urban 114 19.3 1.8 32.5 17.5 0 0 12.3
  Rural 51 51.0** 5.9 31.4 33.3 2 0 15.7
Middle Atlantic                
  Urban 170 11.2 2.4 30 17.1 0.6 0.6  5.3
  Rural  20 30 0.0** 35 15 5.0** 5.0** 10
East North Central                
  Urban 141 22 5.7 25.5 24.8 0.7 1.4 12.1
  Rural  50 62.0**  6.0 42 38 4 6 26
West North Central                
  Urban 127 45.7 7.9 37 28.3 1.6 0.8 26.8
  Rural  85 68.2** 8.2 63.5** 49.4** 17.6** 12.9** 37.6
South Atlantic                
  Urban 126 11.1 7.1 42.9 16.7 0 0  8.7
  Rural  31 29.1  3.2 38.7 22.6 6.5 3.2 9.7
East South Central                
  Urban 92 17.4 4.3 27.2 15.2 2.2 1.1 10.9
  Rural  60 36.7 3.3 46.7 25 15.0** 16.7** 10
West South Central                
  Urban 113 20.4 2.7 33.6 22.1 2.7 3.5 14.2
  Rural  53 50.9** 9.4 71.7** 24.5 22.6** 20.8** 22.6
Montain                
  Urban 144 32.6  7.6 29.9 28.5 2.1 2.1 26.4
  Rural  38 63.2** 5.3 42.1 23.7 10.5 10.5 42.1
Pacific                
  Urban 171 27.5 6.4 34.5 19.9 1.2 1.2 19.3
  Rural  24 37.5  4.2 50 33.3 16.7 16.7 20.8

*Includes ony 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.


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