HOPE Data by Indicator

Access to Primary Care

Portion of people living in counties with a population-to-primary care physician ratio of less than 2,000:1

Indicator Summary Score



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Numbers listed on the maps are indicator summary scores, which measure how far a state has to go to meet the HOPE Goal (Distance to Goal) and how much variation there is across racial and ethnic groups within the state on the measure (Racial Inequity). Scores range from 0 to 100 with 100 indicating the state with the best combined performance. Hovering over a state reveals information on Distance to Goal and Racial Inequity separately.

74
AK
100
ME
97
VT
100
NH
88
WA
40
ID
85
MT
0
ND
74
MN
71
WI
61
MI
87
NY
96
CT
100
RI
100
MA
93
OR
85
NV
57
WY
18
SD
56
IA
65
IL
40
IN
52
OH
82
PA
84
NJ
71
DE
82
CA
25
UT
76
CO
66
NE
31
MO
37
KY
48
WV
63
VA
DC
83
MD
72
AZ
65
NM
67
KS
41
AR
40
MS
50
TN
20
NC
14
OK
26
LA
60
AL
52
GA
57
SC
100
HI
51
TX
86
FL

National Rate
81%

of people live in counties with access to primary care

Hope Goal
100%

of people live in counties with access to primary care

Distance to Goal
61 million

more people in the U.S. would need to live in counties with access to primary care to achieve the HOPE Goal


Why it Matters

Having access to primary care allows better coordination of care for patients and easier access to esstential and necessary health services.

Indicator Summary

  • Asian/Pacific Islander populations have the most adequate access to primary care physicians with 95% having access.
  • American Indian/Alaskan Native populations have the least access to primary care physicians with only 68% having access.
  • The New England states perform the best on access to primary care with four states ranking in the top five (Maine, Massachusetts, Vermont and Rhode Island).
  • The Southeast and Plains states fare poorly on access to primary care with wider inequities between populations and larger distances to go to reach HOPE Goals.

State Distance to Goal

Access to Primary Care

This chart is interactive. Explore data by clicking the dots to select and compare different race and ethnicity groups.

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