The Critical Care Workforce and COVID-19: A State-by-State Analysis
| Table 1: Intensivist Physicians, Critical Care Nurses, and Second-line Critical Care | Physicians per 10,000 Adults | ||
| State | Intensivist (Critical Care) Physicians per 10,000 Adults | Critical Care Nurses and CRNAs per 10,000 Adults | Total 2nd-Line Critical Care Physicians* per 10,000 Adults |
| Alabama | 0.41 | 5.07 | 3.48 |
| Alaska | 0.51 | 2.54 | 4.37 |
| Arizona | 0.56 | 1.46 | 5.23 |
| Arkansas | 0.29 | 3.19 | 3.58 |
| California | 0.63 | 0.89 | 4.43 |
| Colorado | 0.75 | 1.77 | 5.18 |
| Connecticut | 0.98 | 2.66 | 6.08 |
| D.C. | 1.99 | 2.18 | 8.78 |
| Delaware | 0.61 | 4.99 | 4.93 |
| Florida | 0.63 | 3.17 | 4.14 |
| Georgia | 0.56 | 2.45 | 3.99 |
| Hawaii | 0.45 | 1.09 | 4.19 |
| Idaho | 0.27 | 3.54 | 2.50 |
| Illinois | 0.64 | 2.12 | 4.79 |
| Indiana | 0.70 | 1.29 | 4.96 |
| Iowa | 0.64 | 2.45 | 3.97 |
| Kansas | 0.41 | 4.85 | 3.60 |
| Kentucky | 0.57 | 4.23 | 4.50 |
| Louisiana | 0.44 | 4.53 | 3.90 |
| Maine | 0.45 | 3.71 | 5.12 |
| Maryland | 1.13 | 2.01 | 5.22 |
| Massachusetts | 1.01 | 2.15 | 6.19 |
| Michigan | 0.72 | 3.99 | 4.18 |
| Minnesota | 0.54 | 5.53 | 3.80 |
| Mississippi | 0.29 | 3.52 | 3.41 |
| Missouri | 0.80 | 3.73 | 5.39 |
| Montana | 0.50 | 1.42 | 5.07 |
| Nebraska | 0.40 | 4.03 | 4.33 |
| Nevada | 0.67 | 0.90 | 4.41 |
| New Hampshire | 0.91 | 3.15 | 5.38 |
| New Jersey | 0.70 | 1.33 | 4.64 |
| New Mexico | 0.39 | 2.21 | 3.15 |
| New York | 0.85 | 1.34 | 5.60 |
| North Carolina | 0.57 | 4.22 | 3.97 |
| North Dakota | 0.79 | 6.36 | 4.21 |
| Ohio | 0.81 | 3.59 | 4.56 |
| Oklahoma | 0.36 | 2.44 | 4.18 |
| Oregon | 0.70 | 1.52 | 4.89 |
| Pennsylvania | 0.87 | 4.40 | 5.05 |
| Puerto Rico | 0.27 | 0.27 | 2.06 |
| Rhode Island | 0.91 | 2.26 | 3.95 |
| South Carolina | 0.59 | 3.78 | 3.71 |
| South Dakota | 0.42 | 6.62 | 3.57 |
| Tennessee | 0.63 | 5.29 | 4.33 |
| Texas | 0.48 | 2.64 | 4.00 |
| Utah | 0.50 | 1.37 | 4.40 |
| Vermont | 0.49 | 0.98 | 4.75 |
| Virginia | 0.55 | 2.77 | 4.03 |
| Washington | 0.59 | 1.81 | 4.45 |
| West Virginia | 0.52 | 4.87 | 4.00 |
| Wisconsin | 0.58 | 2.27 | 5.16 |
| West Virginia | 0.52 | 4.87 | 4.00 |
| Wyoming | 0.34 | 2.22 | 4.22 |
| US Total | 0.62 | 2.54 | 4.32 |
| *Hospitalists, Pulmonologists, and Anesthesiologists SOURCE: KFF analysis of the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) National Provider Identifier (NPI) monthly data dissemination file May 2020 (https://download.cms.gov/nppes/NPI_Files.html) and 2019 U.S. Census Bureau projections (https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2010s-state-detail.html). |
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