Saturday, April 14, 2018

Best & Worst States for Doctors – WalletHub Study


As the personal-finance website WalletHub showed in its report on 2018's Best & Worst States for Doctors, good health care is dependent on any number of factors.

To identify the best states for those in the business of saving lives, WalletHub compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia across 16 key metrics. The data set ranges from average annual wage of physicians to hospitals per capita to quality of public hospital system.

Best States for Doctors
Worst States for Doctors
1
South Dakota
42
Illinois
2
Nebraska
43
California
3
Idaho
44
Maryland
4
Iowa
45
Oregon
5
Minnesota
46
Massachusetts
6
Wisconsin
47
District of Columbia
7
Kansas
48
Hawaii
8
Montana
49
New York
9
North Dakota
50
Rhode Island
10
Wyoming
51
New Jersey


Source: WalletHub

Best vs. Worst:
  • Oklahoma has the highest average annual wage for surgeons (adjusted for cost of living), $317,825, which is 2.8 times higher than in the District of Columbia, the lowest at $113,603.
     
  • The District of Columbia has the highest number of physicians per 1,000 residents, 8.24, which is 6.9 times higher than in Nevada, the lowest at 1.20.
     
  • Florida has the highest projected share of the population aged 65 and older by 2030, 27.08 percent, which is two times higher than in Utah, the lowest at 13.21 percent.
     
  • Nebraska has the lowest annual malpractice liability insurance rate, $4,977, which is 8.2 times lower than in New York, the highest at $40,826.

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