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Table 8

Family Physicians* who are Medicaid 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 75.7% 24.3% 0.0%
Urban 775 71.1% 28.9% 0.0%
Rural 265 89.5% 10.5% 0.0%
New England 48 89.6% 10.4% 0.0%
Urban 37 86.5% 13.5% 0.0%
Rural 11 100.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Middle Atlantic 100 79.0% 21.0% 0.0%
Urban 86 76.7% 23.3% 0.0%
Rural 14 92.9% 7.1% 0.0%
East North Central 189 86.7% 13.3% 0.0%
Urban 142 84.4% 15.6% 0.0%
Rural 47 93.6% 6.4% 0.0%
West North Central 140 86.5% 13.5% 0.0%
Urban 73 83.6% 16.4% 0.0%
Rural 67 89.7% 10.3% 0.0%
South Atlantic 179 66.1% 33.9% 0.0%
Urban 148 63.5% 36.5% 0.0%
Rural 31 78.1% 21.9% 0.0%
East South Central 62 70.5% 29.5% 0.0%
Urban 31 58.1% 41.9% 0.0%
Rural 31 83.3% 16.7% 0.0%
West South Central 98 60.2% 39.8% 0.0%
Urban 72 50.0% 50.0% 0.0%
Rural 26 88.5% 11.5% 0.0%
Mountain 86 70.9% 29.1% 0.0%
Urban 65 64.6% 35.4% 0.0%
Rural 21 90.5% 9.5% 0.0%
Pacific 138 74.8% 25.2% 0.0%
Urban 121 71.3% 28.7% 0.0%
Rural 17 100.0% 0.0% 0.0%

* 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, July 2008