An analysis of state health system performance revealed Hawaii, Massachusetts and Minnesota are among the top-ranked states for access to healthcare, quality of care and other key measures.
The Commonwealth Fund's "2019 Scorecard on State Health System Performance" assessed all 50 states and the District of Columbia on more than 45 performance indicators grouped into four dimensions: access and affordability, prevention and treatment, potentially avoidable hospital use and cost, and healthy lives. The data are from 2017. Access additional information about the performance indicators here.
The annual scorecard showed most states lost ground on key measures related to life expectancy, as premature deaths from alcohol, drug overdose and suicide continue to increase. West Virginia, Ohio and Pennsylvania are among the states with the highest death rates from drug overdoses. Other states, including Montana, Nebraska and Oregon, saw higher rates of death from suicide and alcohol than from drugs in 2017, according to the report.
Here are the overall health system performance rankings for each state:
1. Hawaii
2. Massachusetts
3. Minnesota
4. Washington
5. Connecticut
5. Vermont
7. Rhode Island
8. Iowa
9. Colorado
10. New Hampshire
11. Utah
12. Maine
12. Wisconsin
14. California
14. New York
16. North Dakota
17. Oregon
18. Idaho
18. Maryland
20. New Jersey
21. Pennsylvania
22. Nebraska
23. District of Columbia
23. South Dakota
25. Michigan
26. Montana
27. Delaware
28. Illinois
29. Virginia
30. Alaska
30. Kansas
32. Arizona
33. Ohio
34. North Carolina
35. New Mexico
36. Indiana
37. Wyoming
38. Alabama
38. Tennessee
40. Kentucky
41. South Carolina
42. Georgia
43. Missouri
44. Florida
45. Louisiana
45. West Virginia
47. Arkansas
48. Nevada
49. Texas
50. Oklahoma
51. Mississippi
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