Table 62

CLIA office laboratory classification of family physicians by census division and urban or rural practice location, October 2006.

		Total		Percent Registered by Classification of Laboratory
Census Division		N	Percent	Waivered	Provider Performed Microscopy Lab	Moderate Complexity	High Complexity	Not Reported
Total		553	100	48.7	12.8	22.0	4.1	12.4
	Urban	375	100	48.4	12.8	20.8	4.4	13.5
	Rural	174	100	49.1	13.1	24.9	3.0	9.9

New England		50	100	74.0	2.0	8.0	2.0	14.0
	Urban	31	100	80.6	9.7	3.2	0.0	6.5
	Rural	19	100	63.2	5.3	5.3	0.0	26.3
Middle Atlantic		58	100	63.8	12.1	10.3	3.4	10.3
	Urban	45	100	64.4	13.3	8.9	4.4	8.9
	Rural	12	100	66.7	8.3	8.3	0.0	16.7
East North Central		71	100	52.1	9.9	18.3	4.2	15.5
	Urban	51	100	54.9	7.8	13.7	5.9	17.6
	Rural	20	100	45.0	15.0	30.0	0.0	10.0
West North Central		68	100	30.9	4.4	48.5	4.4	11.8
	Urban	32	100	31.3	3.1	53.1	3.1	9.4
	Rural	36	100	30.6	5.6	44.4	5.6	13.9
South Atlantic		52	100	34.6	19.2	25.0	3.8	17.3
	Urban	43	100	34.9	18.6	25.6	2.3	18.6
	Rural	9	100	33.3	22.2	22.2	11.1	11.1
East South Central		52	100	59.6	3.8	32.7	1.9	1.9
	Urban	28	100	53.6	0.0	39.3	3.6	3.6
	Rural	23	100	65.2	8.7	26.1	0.0	0.0
West South Central		59	100	54.2	23.7	16.9	1.7	3.4
	Urban	37	100	51.4	27.0	16.2	2.7	2.7
	Rural	21	100	57.1	19.0	19.0	0.0	4.8
Mountain		86	100	52.3	10.5	22.1	5.8	9.3
	Urban	59	100	50.8	10.2	22.0	3.4	13.6
	Rural	26	100	57.7	11.5	23.1	7.7	0.0
Pacific		57	100	47.4	15.8	12.3	7.0	17.5
	Urban	49	100	44.9	14.3	14.3	8.2	18.4
	Rural	8	100	62.5	25.0	0.0	0.0	12.5
*Includes only active member respondents of the American Academy of Family Physicians are in an office in which clinical laboratory tests are performed.
Source: American Academy of Family Physicians, Practice Profile Survey II, October 2006.