Table 8

Family physicians* who are participating physicians** under Medicaid by census division and practice location, October 2006.

		Total
Census Division		N	Percent	Estimated Percentage*** Who Are Participating Physicians	Estimated Percentage*** Who Are Not Participating Physicians	Not Reported
Total		1,422	100.0%	73.3%	21.5%	5.2%
	Urban	1,060	100.0%	68.2%	25.8%	6.0%
	Rural	352	100.0%	90.5%	7.0%	2.5%

New England		130	100.0%	85.4%	8.5%	6.2%
	Urban	92	100.0%	82.6%	10.9%	6.5%
	Rural	37	100.0%	91.9%	2.7%	5.4%
Middle Atlantic		166	100.0%	72.9%	19.9%	7.2%
	Urban	152	100.0%	71.7%	21.7%	6.6%
	Rural	13	100.0%	84.6%	0.0%	15.4%
East North Central		184	100.0%	82.6%	12.0%	5.4%
	Urban	136	100.0%	77.2%	16.2%	6.6%
	Rural	48	100.0%	97.9%	0.0%	2.1%
West North Central		177	100.0%	86.4%	9.0%	4.5%
	Urban	104	100.0%	82.7%	10.6%	6.7%
	Rural	71	100.0%	91.5%	7.0%	1.4%
South Atlantic		141	100.0%	66.0%	29.8%	4.3%
	Urban	125	100.0%	62.4%	32.8%	4.8%
	Rural	15	100.0%	93.3%	6.7%	0.0%
East South Central		155	100.0%	69.7%	27.1%	3.2%
	Urban	94	100.0%	63.8%	31.9%	4.3%
	Rural	59	100.0%	79.7%	18.6%	1.7%
West South Central		129	100.0%	62.0%	34.1%	3.9%
	Urban	97	100.0%	51.5%	43.3%	5.2%
	Rural	31	100.0%	93.5%	6.5%	0.0%
Mountain		183	100.0%	77.6%	19.7%	2.7%
	Urban	126	100.0%	74.6%	23.0%	2.4%
	Rural	56	100.0%	83.9%	12.5%	3.6%
Pacific		157	100.0%	65.6%	26.1%	8.3%
	Urban	134	100.0%	61.9%	29.1%	9.0%
	Rural	22	100.0%	86.4%	9.1%	4.5%
* Includees only active member respondents of the American Academy of Family Physicians. "Participating" means the physician takes assignment of all Medicaid 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, October, 2006.