Clinical care makes up one of the five categories that inform America's Health Rankings for 2022 from the United Health Foundation. Zeroing in on this single category, Massachusetts leads the way and Texas trails the nation.
UHF, the nonprofit, private foundation established by UnitedHealth Group, released the rankings Dec. 6. To assess the overall health of each state, UHF analyzed 51 measures across five categories of health: social and economic factors, physical environment, behaviors, clinical care, and health outcomes.
Clinical care is measured by access to care, preventive clinical services and quality of care, as measured by the proportion of adults who avoid care due to cost, providers per 100,000 people, uninsured rate, colorectal cancer screening rates, immunization rates, preventable hospitalizations and other metrics. (Each state's profile for clinical care and other categories of health can be found here.)
Similar to the overall health rankings, four of the five top-ranked states for clinical care are found on the East Coast and four of the five bottom-ranked states for clinical care are in the South.
1. Massachusetts
2. Rhode Island
3. Vermont
4. New Hampshire
5. Hawaii
6. Connecticut
7. Maine
8. Pennsylvania
9. Minnesota
10. Maryland
11. Washington
12. Michigan
13. Iowa
14. Nebraska
15. Delaware
16. New York
17. South Dakota
18. Oregon
19. North Dakota
20. Colorado
21. Wisconsin
22. Virginia
23. Utah
24. Illinois
25. Ohio
26. North Carolina
27. California
28. Kansas
29. New Jersey
30. Idaho
31. Kentucky
32. Montana
33. Missouri
34. New Mexico
35. South Carolina
36. West Virginia
37. Indiana
38. Alaska
39. Arizona
40. Tennessee
41. Alabama
42. Louisiana
43. Arkansas
44. Wyoming
45. Florida
46. Nevada
47. Georgia
48. Mississippi
49. Oklahoma
50. Texas