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