For the annual ranking, the financial services company compared all 50 states across 44 measures related to cost, access and outcomes. Metrics included the cost of a medical visit, average community hospital expenses per inpatient day, life expectancy and hospital beds per capita. A full breakdown of the methodology can be found here.
Here are the 10 best and worst states for healthcare in 2024, per the ranking:
Best
- Minnesota
- Rhode Island
- South Dakota
- Iowa
- New Hampshire
- Massachusetts
- Utah
- Vermont
- Maine
- Colorado
Worst
- Mississippi
- Alabama
- West Virginia
- Georgia
- Oklahoma
- Alaska
- Texas
- Arkansas
- Louisiana
- Florida
Four more notes:
- Minnesota (ranked No. 1 overall) placed second in cost rank, sixth in access and 11th in outcomes.
- Iowa (ranked No. 4 overall) placed first in cost, 30th in access and 12th in outcomes.
- Rhode Island (ranked. No. 2 overall) placed first in access, 17th in cost and 6th in outcomes.
- Utah (ranked No. 7 overall) paced first in outcomes, 20th in cost and 34th in access.
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