More than a fifth of the state’s 254 counties either don’t have a primary care physician or only have one. Nationally, Texas is second only to California in states facing the highest shortages of primary care providers, according to a new ranking from the Kaiser Family Foundation.
Texas had about 54 primary care physicians per 100,000 people in 2018, whereas the national ratio was 76 per 100,000. Today, more than a quarter of Texas residents live in an underserved area and face longer travel times to care, which can ultimately lead to untimely deaths, according to the Observer.
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