Becker's Healthcare September 30, 2022
Patsy Newitt

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...

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