These percentages represent the amount spent on physician and other professional services out of total state spending for all healthcare services, including hospital care, prescription drugs, nursing home care and more.
Note: “Physician and other professional services” includes costs for all services provided by doctors of medicine, doctors of osteopathy, outpatient care centers, nurses, chiropractors and others. For more details on this definition, please click here.
Highest:
1. Nevada — 33.1 percent
2. California — 32.9 percent
3. Alaska — 31.9 percent
4. Washington — 31.5 percent
5. Colorado — 31.1 percent
6. Florida — 30.9 percent
7. Hawaii — 30.8 percent
8. New Jersey — 30.7 percent
9. Oregon — 30.6 percent
10. Arizona — 30.2 percent
Lowest:
11. Washington, D.C. — 18.8 percent
12. North Dakota — 19.1 percent
13. Missouri — 21.2 percent
14. Maine — 21.7 percent
15. Rhode Island — 22.5 percent
16. West Virginia — 23.0 percent
17. Iowa — 23.1 percent
18. Ohio — 23.3 percent
19. Mississippi — 23.4 percent
20. New York — 23.5 percent
