10 best, worst states for medical environment for physicians

Nebraska is the top state for best medical environment for physicians, while Illinois is the worst, according to WalletHub's 2024 ranking published March 18. 

The annual ranking is based on two key dimensions: opportunity and competition, and medical environment. To determine best medical environments, WalletHub looked at eight factors, including quality of public hospital system, percentage of "A" safety hospitals, presence of nationally accredited health departments, physician assistants per capita, punitiveness of state medical board, malpractice award payout amount per capita, annual malpractice liability insurance rate and physician burnout.

WalletHub also evaluated 19 metrics, including average annual wage, number of hospitals per capita, quality of the public health system and hospital safety grades, to determine the overall score for states with the most favorable conditions for physicians. Find the best states for physicians here.

Here are the 10 best and worst states for medical environment:

Best states

Nebraska

Utah

Montana

North Carolina

Maine

Minnesota

Alaska

South Dakota

Tennessee

Virginia

 

Worst states


Illinois

New York

West Virginia

Kentucky

Hawaii

Arizona

Ohio

Mississippi

Rhode Island

Delaware

New Mexico

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