New Report: Best States for Doctors

Physicians Practice has released its 2025 ranking of the best U.S. states for practicing medicine. Researchers averaged each state’s ranking using eight criteria:

  • Cost of living
  • Physician density
  • Amount of state business taxes collected
  • Average malpractice insurance rates
  • Quality of life
  • Women’s health care
  • Physician happiness with pay
  • Geographic Practice Cost Indices (GPCI)

The CMS’s Geographic Practice Cost Indices (GPCI) were used to break any ties.

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