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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.