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Appendix
B
State-by-State
Community Health Data
Source:
National Association of Community Health Centers, 2006
Access to Community Health Databook Summary of Findings
|
STATE |
NUMBER
OF RESIDENTS WITHOUT ACCESS TO A PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN |
ANNUAL
WASTED EXPENDITURES ON AVOIDABLE EMERGENCY ROOM VISITS |
ESTIMATED
NUMBER OF CLINICIANS REQUIRED TO ELMINATE NEED
(at
1 clinician for every 2000 patients)* |
|
Alabama |
1,325,428 |
$319,400,854
|
663 |
|
Alaska |
20,434 |
$32,732,965
|
10 |
|
Arizona |
326,101 |
$311,438,714
|
163 |
|
Arkansas |
636,207 |
$189,500,122
|
318 |
|
California |
2,498,753 |
$1,829,345,794
|
1,249 |
|
Colorado |
272,949 |
$238,246,230
|
136 |
|
Connecticut |
102,615 |
$207,348,610
|
51 |
|
Delaware |
46,820 |
$47,497,790
|
23 |
|
District
of Columbia |
80,836 |
$55,797,643
|
40 |
|
Florida |
2,195,915 |
$1,061,420,739
|
1,098 |
|
Georgia |
1,907,670 |
$537,867,735
|
954 |
|
Hawaii |
1,345 |
$55,098,405
|
1 |
|
Idaho |
277,867 |
$88,713,842
|
139 |
|
Illinois |
632,687 |
$853,731,297
|
316 |
|
Indiana |
809,064 |
$441,019,299
|
405 |
|
Iowa |
339,747 |
$183,880,125
|
170 |
|
Kansas |
351,249 |
$159,038,693
|
176 |
|
Kentucky |
821,838 |
$353,798,163
|
411 |
|
Louisiana |
1,630,978 |
$354,757,738
|
815 |
|
Maine |
53,142 |
$105,902,573
|
27 |
|
Maryland |
165,476 |
$320,407,972
|
83 |
|
Massachusetts |
230,772 |
$401,458,842
|
115 |
|
Michigan |
1,124,134 |
$726,928,960
|
562 |
|
Minnesota |
454,920 |
$256,913,897
|
227 |
|
Mississippi |
952,877 |
$252,769,055
|
476 |
|
Missouri |
1,017,673 |
$429,712,468
|
509 |
|
Montana |
150,308 |
$54,444,985
|
75 |
|
Nebraska |
343,218 |
$94,243,689
|
172 |
|
Nevada |
443,131 |
$112,928,929
|
222 |
|
New
Hampshire |
31,303 |
$79,046,610
|
16 |
|
New
Jersey |
557,531 |
$438,047,852
|
279 |
|
New
Mexico |
346,724 |
$132,027,370
|
173 |
|
New
York |
2,044,567 |
$1,126,031,176
|
1,022 |
|
North
Carolina |
1,664,904 |
$548,645,880
|
832 |
|
North
Dakota |
92,533 |
$41,491,015
|
46 |
|
Ohio |
1,110,049 |
$932,659,694
|
555 |
|
Oklahoma |
625,357 |
$208,230,028
|
313 |
|
Oregon |
326,025 |
$179,035,367
|
163 |
|
Pennsylvania |
1,103,118 |
$790,754,728
|
552 |
|
Rhode
Island |
23,916 |
$61,807,552
|
12 |
|
South
Carolina |
754,321 |
$265,008,761
|
377 |
|
South
Dakota |
147,866 |
$36,418,180
|
74 |
|
Tennessee |
1,251,568 |
$476,285,058
|
626 |
|
Texas |
3,956,574 |
$1,233,549,349
|
1,978 |
|
Utah |
458,071 |
$152,152,368
|
229 |
|
Vermont |
34,734 |
$38,015,757
|
17 |
|
Virginia |
963,257 |
$452,375,606
|
482 |
|
Washington |
299,269 |
$354,817,611
|
150 |
|
West
Virginia |
239,454 |
$180,480,840
|
120 |
|
Wisconsin |
683,656 |
$272,179,576
|
342 |
|
Wyoming |
119,181 |
$36,360,931
|
60 |
|
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|
|
United
States |
36,048,131 |
$18,445,991,718
|
18,024 |
*
NOTE: The estimated number of clinicians required to
eliminate need was calculated from the 2006 Access to
Community Health Databook Summary of Findings but was
not included in their original data.
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