Iowa Physician Shortage Facts
THE PROBLEM
Physician supply lags patient demand nationally and across Iowa. As supply falls, patients wait longer to see a doctor, and doctors burn out.
The U.S. is projected to have 120,000 too few doctors nationally.
Idaho is projected to be short 1,660 doctors by 2030.
- Primary care alone is projected to be short 119 providers.5
Iowa ranks in the bottom half of states in the country in availability of primary care doctors and for physician supply overall.4
Iowa’s physician-to-patient ratio is 30 percent worse than the national average.
80% worse for emergency medicine
79% worse in geriatric medicine
90% worse in internal medicine
63% worse in pediatrics
72% worse in psychiatry
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