Table.

Differences in characteristics between psychiatrists who did not accept insurance and those who did, 2009–2010^a,^b,^c

	All, %	Accepted new private-fee-for service patients			Accepted new Medicare patients			Accepted new Medicaid patients
		No	Yes	p-value	No	Yes, %	p-value	No, %	Yes, %	p-value
Region				0.02			0.10			0.31
Northeast, %	28.1	55.6	48.5		43.5	56.6		57.7	42.3
Midwest, %	16.1	14.9	85.1		26.3	73.7		47.8	52.2
South, %	28.7	57.0	43.0		44.9	55.1		49.8	50.2
West, %	27.0	42.2	57.8		59.1	40.9		68.5	31.5
Solo practice				0.002			0.01			<0.001
Yes, %	60.1	57.0	43.0		55.0	45.0		73.2	26.8
No, %	39.9	25.1	74.9		30.5	69.5		32.7	67.3

^asurvey-weighted percentages based on the sample that was surveyed

^bsample includes only psychiatrists who accepted new patients in each study year

^cpercentages may not add up to 100 because of rounding