States with the most physicians joining primary care

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.

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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

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