Indiana Physician Shortage Facts

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Physician supply lags behind patient demand nationally and across Indiana. As supply falls, patients wait longer to see a doctor, and doctors burn out.

By 2030

The U.S. is projected to have 120,000 too few doctors nationally.1,2,3

  • Nearly 40% of American physicians will reach retirement age.
  • 33.3% of Indiana physicians are within retirement range right now.

Indiana is projected to be short 817 doctors.4,5,6

  • There are only 116 residency slots in Indiana for primary care each year.
  • 45.2% of those residents will practice out of state.

71 of Indiana’s 92 counties are health professional shortage areas (HPSAs).8,9,10

  • Low-income citizens are disproportionately affected by these shortages.
  • HPSA designations indicate areas where there are 3,500 or more patients for every one provider.
  • 2,033,082 Indiana residents live in an HPSA.

Indiana’s physician-to-patient ratio is 23 percent worse than the national average:

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