The following is an ordering of states based on the percentage of Medicare hospital admissions per 100,000 beneficiaries for ambulatory care sensitive conditions, starting with the least number of admissions.
Figures are rounded to the nearest hundredth of a percent and are adapted from the Commonwealth Fund's Health System Data Center.
1. Utah — 3.73 percent
2. Oregon — 3.90 percent
3. Hawaii — 4.14 percent
4. Wyoming — 4.47 percent
5. Washington — 4.48 percent
6. Idaho — 4.49 percent
7. Arizona — 4.66 percent
8. Minnesota — 4.75 percent
9. Nevada — 4.86 percent
10. Alaska — 4.87 percent
11. Colorado — 4.92 percent
12. Vermont — 4.96 percent
13. New Mexico — 5.31 percent
14. California — 5.36 percent
15. Delaware — 5.43 percent
16. Nebraska — 5.71 percent
17. Florida — 5.80 percent
18. Wisconsin — 5.87 percent
19. Virginia — 5.91 percent
20. Iowa — 5.98 percent
21. Maine — 5.99 percent
22. New Hampshire — 6.05 percent
23. Maryland — 6.18 percent
24. Montana — 6.22 percent
25. North Dakota — 6.23 percent
26. Georgia — 6.29 percent
27. Connecticut — 6.39 percent
28. South Carolina — 6.40 percent
28. North Carolina — 6.40 percent
28. South Dakota — 6.40
31. Kansas — 6.83 percent
32. Michigan — 6.83 percent
33. Pennsylvania — 6.92 percent
34. Indiana — 7.12 percent
35. Texas — 7.14 percent
36. Missouri — 7.26 percent
37. Oklahoma — 7. 26 percent
37. District of Columbia — 7.26 percent
37. Massachusetts — 7.26 percent
40. New York — 7.27 percent
41. New Jersey — 7.35 percent
42. Illinois — 7.55 percent
43. Tennessee — 7.60 percent
44. Ohio — 7.61 percent
45. Alabama — 7.63 percent
46. Arkansas — 7.73 percent
47. Mississippi — 7.84 percent
48. Kentucky — 8.58 percent
49. Rhode Island — 8.89 percent
50. West Virginia — 9.20 percent
51. Louisiana — 9.33 percent
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