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Table 1 -- Membership in the American Academy of Family Physicians, December 31, 2007
Table 2 -- Number of AAFP members by selected characteristics, December 31, 2007
Table 3 -- Percentage of AAFP members by selected characteristics, December 31, 2007
Table 4 -- Practice profile of family physicians by family medicine residency completion, December 31, 2007
Table 5 -- Average number of family physician visits per week and average number of patients in various settings, June 2008
Table 6 -- Average number of weeks practiced or engaged in other professional activities in the last twelve months by family physicians, July 2008
Table 7 -- Family Physicians are Medicare Participating Physicians by Census Division and Practice Location, July 2008
Table 8 -- Family Physicians who are Medicaid Participating Physicians by Census Division and Practice Location, July 2008
Table 9 -- Acceptance by family physicians of new Medicare fee for service patients by census division and practice location, July 2008.
Table 10 -- Acceptance by family physicians of new Medicaid fee for service patients by census division and practice location, July 2008.
Table 11 -- Average percent of family physician patients covered by Medicare Managed Care by census division and practice location, July 2008
Table 12 -- Average percent of family physician patients covered by Medicaid Managed Care by census division and practice location, July 2008
Table 13 -- Population of community in which primary offices of family physicians are located, December 31, 2007
Table 14 -- Average number of patient contact hours per week by family physicians, July 2008
Table 15 -- Median and mean 2007 individual income before taxes (in thousands of dollars) of family physicians, July 2008.
Table 16 -- Median and mean 2007 individual income before taxes (in thousands of dollars) of family physicians who practiced obstetrics, July 2008.
Table 17 -- Median and mean usual fees (in dollars) of family physicians for selected procedures/services, May 2006
Table 18 -- Living graduates of family medicine residency programs by year of completion, December 31, 2007
Table 19 -- Living graduates of family medicine residency programs by selected characteristics 1969-2007, December 31, 2007
Table 20 -- Number of approved programs, approved first-year positions, NRMP fill rate, actual fill rate, and total residents for family medicine residency programs, 1976-2008.
Table 21 -- Annual survey of family medicine residency programs, 2008
Table 22 -- Family medicine residency programs by structure, 2008-2009.
Table 23 -- Average salaries offered (in dollars), standard deviation (in dollars), and number of family medicine residency programs reporting salaries offered, 2008
Table 24 -- Average salaries offered to residents in military family medicine residency programs by program year, 2008
Table 25 -- Average salaries (in dollars) offered to residents in Puerto Rican family medicine reisdency programs by program year, 2008
Table 26 -- Total level of debt of family medicine residency graduates, 2008
Table 27 -- Level of medical education debt of family medicine residency graduates, 2005
Table 28a -- Total number of graduates and number who were residents in family medicine by medical school (States AL-CT), 1997-1998 through 2006-2007
Table 28b -- Total number of graduates and number who were residents in family medicine by medical school (States DC-IL), 1997-1998 through 2006-2007
Table 28c -- Total number of graduates and number who were residents in family medicine by medical school (States IN-MA), 1997-1998 through 2006-2007
Table 28d -- Total number of graduates and number who were residents in family medicine by medical school (States MI-NE), 1997-1997 through 2006-2007
Table 28e -- Total number of graduates and number who were residents in family medicine by medical school (States NV-NY), 1997-1998 through 2006-2007
Table 28f -- Total number of graduates and number who were residents in family medicine by medical school (States NC-OH), 1997-1998 through 2006-2007
Table 28g -- Total number of graduates and number who were residents in family medicine by medical school (States OK-SD), 1997-1998 through 2006-2007
Table 28h -- Total number of graduates and number who were residents in family medicine by medical school (States TN-VT), 1997-1998 through 2006-2007
Table 28i -- Total number of graduates and number who were residents in family medicine by medical school (States VA-WI), 1996-1997 through 2005-2006
Table 29a -- Percentage of graduates who were residents in family medicine by medical school (States AL-LA), 1997-1998 through 2006-2007
Table 29b -- Percentage of graduates who were residents in family medicine by medical school (States MD-ND), 1997-1998 through 2006-2007
Table 29c -- Percentage of graduates who were residents in family medicine by medical school (States OH-WI), 1997-1998 through 2006-2008
Table 31 -- Hospital admission privileges of family physicians by census division, July 2008
Table 32 -- Rating by family physicians of their hospital privileges by census division, July 2008
Table 33 -- Percentage breakdown of entity that manages the care for a family physician's hospitalized general adult medicine patients, July 2008
Table 34 -- Performance of OB-routine delivery in hospital practices of family physicians by census division, July 2006
Table 35 -- Performance of OB-vacuum delivery in hospital practices of family physicians by census division, July 2008
Table 36 -- Performance of OB-forceps delivery in hospital practices of family physicians by census division, July 2008
Table 37 -- Performance of OB-augmentation in hospital practices of family physicians by census division, July 2008
Table 38 -- Performance of OB-induction in hospital practices of family physicians by census division, July 2008
Table 39 -- Performance of OB-high risk in hospital practice of family physicians by census division, October 2006.
Table 40 -- Performance of OB-VBAC in hospital practices of family physicians by census division, October 2006.
Table 41 -- Performance of OB-cesarean sections in hospital practices of family physicians by census division, October 2006.
Table 42 -- Performance of tubal ligation in hospital practices of family physicians by census division, October 2006
Table 43 -- Performance of dilatation and curettage in hospital practices of family physicians by census division, May 2006
Table 44 -- Performance of surgery-assisting hospital practices of family physicians by census division, May 2006
Table 45 -- Performance of surgery-minor in hospital practices of family physicians* by census division, October 2006.
Table 46 -- Performance of surgery-major in hospital practices of family physicians* by census division, October 2006.
Table 47 -- Care of patients in coronary care units in hospital practices of family physicians by census division, October 2006.
Table 48 -- Care of patients in intensive care units in hospital practices of family physicians by census division, October 2006.
Table 49 -- Care of patients in emergency rooms in hospital practices of family physicians by census division, October 2006.
Table 50 -- Psychiatry in hospital practices of family physicians by census division, October 2006.
Table 51 -- Performance of newborn care in hospital practices of family physicians by census division, October 2006.
Table 52 -- Attendance of newborns at C section by family physicians by census division, October 2006.
Table 53 -- Care of infants in neonatal intensive care units (NICU) in hospital practices of family physicians by census division, October 2006.
Table 54 -- Formal interpretation of EKGs in hospital practices of family physicians by census division, October 2006.
Table 55 -- Performance of GI-flexible sigmoidoscope exam (60cm) in hospital practices of family physicians by census division, October 2006.
Table 56 -- Performance of GI colonoscopy in hospital practices of family physicians by census division, October 2006.
Table 57 -- Performance of GI EGD in hospital practices of family physicians by census division, October 2006.
Table 58 -- Performance of colposcopy in hospital practices of family physicians by census division, October 2006.
Table 59a -- Types of patient care in hospital practices of family physicians by census division and family medicine residency training, May 2005
Table 59b -- Types of patient care in hospital practices of family physicians by census division and family medicine residency training, May 2005
Table 59c -- Types of patient care in hospital practices of family physicians by census division and family medicine residency training, May 2005
Table 59d -- Types of patient care in hospital practices of family physicians by census division and family medicine residency training, May 2004
Table 60a -- Types of patient care in hospital practices of family physicians by census division and practice location, May 2004
Table 60b -- Types of patient care in hospital practices of family physicians by census division and practice location, May 2004
Table 60c -- Types of patient care in hospital practices of family physicians by census division and practice location, May 2004
Table 60d -- Types of patient care in hospital practices of family physicians by census division and practice location, May 2004
Table 61 -- Babies delivered in 2003 by family physicians who have hospital privileges by census division and practice location, May, 2004
Table 62 -- CLIA office laboratory classification of family physicians by census division and urban or rural practice location, October 2006.
Table 63 -- Performance of laboratory services in family physician practice settings, October 2006.
Table 64 -- Performance of diagnostic procedures in family physicians practices, October 2006.
Table 65 -- Family medicine fellowships, January 1, 2007
Appendix A -- List of Regions, Divisions, and States
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