Health care in America The best and worst states for health care in 2018 See where your state landed in a new WalletHub analysis of health care delivery across the nation. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yoZIRpxl27Zso05iGT-dTFMOyz-KngmL/preview Aug. 8, 2018Wednesday Ashley Altus Contact Ashley Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Seeking to understand where Americans receive the best health care, personal finance website WalletHub examined costs, access to care and outcomes via 40 different metrics in each state, and ultimately determined that Vermont residents get the best care. The state ranks first for care outcomes and third for cost, but is in the 23rd slot for access to care. Washington, DC, ranked eighth in the country for best health care. It has the most hospital beds and physicians per capita, and the lowest costs. Surprisingly, DC also ranks at the bottom of the list for percentage of medical residents retained. Idaho ranked 48th in the access to care category. The state has the fewest physicians and fewest number of hospital beds per capita. The first medical school in the state, Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine, will begin training students this year in an effort to ease the state’s physician shortage. The entire list of all 50 states and Washington, DC, is available at WalletHub, where the the best and worst states for average monthly insurance premiums, hospital beds per capita, physicians per capita and more are also listed. WalletHub’s best and worst states for health care Best states for health care Worst states for health care 1. Vermont 51. Louisiana 2. Massachusetts 50. Mississippi 3. New Hampshire 49. Alaska 4. Minnesota 48. Arkansas 5. Hawaii 47. North Carolina 6. Rhode Island 46. Alabama 7. Colorado 45. Oklahoma 8. District of Columbia 44. South Carolina 9. Iowa 43. Georgia 10. Maryland 42. Florida Additional reading: How much money doctors are making in 2018 Who got the big bump? Top 10 cities for doctor pay raises Best and worst states for doctor work, life happiness, according to Medscape More in Lifestyle Did you work in the service industry before becoming a physician? Working in nonmedical service industry jobs before medical school helps prepare us for the realities of practicing medicine, writes Daniel J. Waters, DO, MA. Motorsports medicine: An emerging subspecialty ripe for growth Motorsports medicine is a growing subspecialty addressing the extreme physical and cognitive demands faced by racecar drivers, with osteopathic physicians uniquely positioned to enhance safety, recovery and performance through OMM. Previous articleAOA supports review of cannabis classification Next articleIdaho College of Osteopathic Medicine creates a new internal medicine residency program
Did you work in the service industry before becoming a physician? Working in nonmedical service industry jobs before medical school helps prepare us for the realities of practicing medicine, writes Daniel J. Waters, DO, MA.
Motorsports medicine: An emerging subspecialty ripe for growth Motorsports medicine is a growing subspecialty addressing the extreme physical and cognitive demands faced by racecar drivers, with osteopathic physicians uniquely positioned to enhance safety, recovery and performance through OMM.
Am proud to be an Osteopathic hysician for the past 45 years and encouraged to see the growing numbers of D.O. schools since I graduated from 1 of 5 schools in 1973. Aug. 9, 2018, at 8:31 am Reply