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How much do you know about Health Policy in Connecticut? Take our quiz!

Test your knowledge of Connecticut's Health Care Work Force
November, 2001

1. How many Connecticut workers are employed in health care?
a) One in fifty
b) One in twenty
c) One in eleven
d) One in ten

2. How many active physicians are practicing in Connecticut?
a) 25,000
b) 8,458
c) 2,156
d) 500

3. How many dentists practice in Connecticut?
a) 25,000
b) 8,458
c) 2,156
d) 500

4. How many Connecticut dentists participate in the Medicaid/Husky program?
85%
71%
52%
18%

5. How many of Connecticut's medical students are from underrepresented minorities?
19%
13.1%
10.5%
8.2%

Data from The Health Care Workforce in Ten States: Education, Practice and Policy HRSA, National Center for Health Workforce, 2001 and the US Census, http://www.census.gov and the Connecticut Department of Labor, http://www.ctdol.state.ct.us

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