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Table 7

Family Physicians* who are Medicare Participating Physicians** by Census Division and Practice Location, July 2008


Census Division N Estimated
Percentage***
Who Are
Participating
Physicians
Estimated
Percentage***
Who Are Not
Participating
Physicians
Not
Reported
Total 1,040 91.7% 8.3% 0.0%
  Urban 775 90.4% 9.6% 0.0%
  Rural 265 95.5% 4.5% 0.0%
New England 48 95.8% 4.2% 0.0%
  Urban 37 94.6% 5.4% 0.0%
  Rural 11 100.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Middle Atlantic 100 96.0% 4.0% 0.0%
  Urban 86 95.3% 4.7% 0.0%
  Rural 14 100.0% 0.0% 0.0%
East North Central 189 96.8% 3.2% 0.0%
  Urban 142 97.2% 2.8% 0.0%
  Rural 47 95.7% 4.3% 0.0%
West North Central 140 97.1% 2.9% 0.0%
  Urban 73 97.3% 2.7% 0.0%
  Rural 67 97.0% 3.0% 0.0%
South Atlantic 179 88.3% 11.7% 0.0%
  Urban 148 87.2% 12.8% 0.0%
  Rural 31 93.5% 6.5% 0.0%
East South Central 62 93.5% 6.5% 0.0%
  Urban 31 90.3% 9.7% 0.0%
  Rural 31 96.8% 3.2% 0.0%
West South Central 98 87.8% 12.2% 0.0%
  Urban 72 87.5% 12.5% 0.0%
  Rural 26 88.5% 11.5% 0.0%
Mountain 86 88.2% 11.8% 0.0%
  Urban 65 85.9% 14.1% 0.0%
  Rural 21 95.2% 4.8% 0.0%
Pacific 138 87.1% 12.9% 0.0%
  Urban 121 86.1% 13.9% 0.0%
  Rural 17 94.4% 5.6% 0.0%

*Includes only active member respondents of the American Academy of Family Physicians.
**"Participating" means the physician takes assignment of all Medicare claims.
***Estimates were adjusted by the sampling fraction and the response percentage for each census division.


Source: American Academy of Family Physicians, Practice Profile Survey I, July 2008