Idaho Physician Shortage Facts
THE PROBLEM
Physician supply lags patient demand nationally and across Idaho. As supply falls, patients wait longer to see a doctor, and doctors burn out.
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The U.S. is projected to have 120,000 too few doctors nationally.
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Idaho is projected to be short 1,743 doctors by 2030.
- Primary care alone is projected to be short 382 providers.3
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Idaho ranks in the bottom half of all states for primary care doctor availability and for overall physician supply.4
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Idaho’s physician-to-patient ratio is 48 percent worse than the national average.
86% worse for infectious disease medicine
47% worse for internal medicine
36 worse in pediatric critical care medicine
40% worse in preventive medicine
44% worse in psychiatry
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