Vermont, Hawaii Top Health Care Scorecard
Mississippi, Other Southern States Do Poorly as Midwest, New England Provide Best Care
By Susan Donaldson James | ABC News
Vermont leads the nation in the delivery of its health care, while Mississippi is rated the worst, according to a non-partisan study that compares all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
Vermont, Hawaii, Iowa, Minnesota, Maine and New Hampshire ranked 1 to 5 in 38 indicators of health care.
At the bottom were Mississippi, along with Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas, Nevada and Texas.
The Commonwealth Fund Commission's "Scorecard on Health System Performance," which was released today, rated the states on access, quality, costs and health outcomes in a follow up to their 2007 report.
Overall, the states which did best on the Commonwealth scorecard were in New England and the upper Midwest, and the worst states were in the South. Read more.
No comments:
Post a Comment