U.S. News & World Report on Tuesday released its annual Best States rankings, which included the best states for healthcare, ranking Hawaii first and Mississippi last.
Methodology
For the Best States rankings, U.S. News assessed the performance of all 50 U.S. states using 71 metrics across eight categories:
- Education
- Healthcare
- Economy
- Infrastructure
- Opportunity
- Fiscal stability
- Natural environment
- Crime and corrections
For healthcare specifically, U.S. News used data from CDC, CMS, and other sources across three categories:
- Healthcare access, including health insurance enrollment, the number of adult and child wellness visits, and healthcare affordability
- Healthcare quality, including the number of preventable hospital admissions per 100,000 Medicare beneficiaries, Medicare quality, nursing home quality, and hospital quality
- Public health, including mortality rates (infant and general), obesity rates, smoking rates, suicide rates, and mental health
The best (and worst) states for healthcare
According to U.S. News, the 10 best states for healthcare are:
1. Hawaii
2. Massachusetts
3. Connecticut
4. Rhode Island
5. New Jersey
6. Maryland
7. California
8. New York
9. Colorado
10. Delaware
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Meanwhile, the 10 worst states for healthcare, according to U.S. News, are:
50. Mississippi
49. West Virginia
48. Oklahoma
47. Arkansas
46. South Dakota
45. Kentucky
44. Louisiana
43. Missouri
42. Montana
41. Tennessee
(U.S. News & World Report "Best States" Healthcare Rankings, accessed 5/8; U.S. News & World Report Best States methodology, accessed 5/8)
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