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