State Profiles

The State Health Access Profile is a comprehensive profile of access to health care in the states that goes beyond indicators of health insurance coverage. SHADAC researchers identified and assembled indicators that measure state resources that enable access to health care for residents.
The State Health Access Profile includes 16 measures that...

  1. have underpinnings in theoretical or empirical literature;
  2. are readily available in the 50 states and DC; and
  3. are likely to be provided consistently in the future.


To see the data for a specific state, click on the map below. A table comparing all 50 states on all of the measures is also available in PDF and Excel formats. A description of the data sources and methods is available here.