Becker's Healthcare September 30, 2022
In its 2022 “Physicians Rate Healthcare Access Report.” Medscape laid out the regions where physicians are reporting patients having difficulty paying bills over the last 5 years.
Medscape surveyed more than 2,340 physicians in more than 29 specialties.
Here’s where surveyed physicians are seeing patients having trouble paying medical bills:
East South Central: 76 percent
West South Central: 72 percent
New England: 70 percent
Mountain: 67 percent
South Atlantic: 67 percent
Mid-Atlantic: 67 percent
Pacific: 58 percent
East North Central: 57 percent
West North Central: 50 percent
East South Central states: Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky and Alabama
West North Central...