Fewer medical trainees across the country are entering primary care, leading to a shortage of primary care providers, according to the Milbank Memorial Fund Health of U.S. Primary Care Baseline Scorecard Data Dashboard.
The national average of physician trainees entering primary care was 20.4 percent.
Here are the 10 states with the most new physicians entering primary care:
|
State |
Percentage of new physicians entering primary care |
|
Wyoming |
46.7 percent |
|
Idaho |
42.9 percent |
|
South Dakota |
41.3 percent |
|
Hawaii |
39.2 percent |
|
New Mexico |
31.3 percent |
|
Washington |
27.6 percent |
|
Oregon |
27.4 percent |
|
Indiana |
27.2 percent |
|
Vermont |
27 percent |
|
North Dakota |
26.8 percent |