FOSTER CITY, Calif.,
Dec. 17, 2019 /PRNewswire/ --
Healthcare is a leading issue for the 2020 presidential election.
Though a hot topic for national debate, healthcare conditions are
highly localized. MoneyRates.com released its second annual
healthcare study which found sharp divisions from state to
state and the District of Columbia
(D.C.). Eight factors were analyzed based on data from
the U.S. Census Bureau and the Kaiser Family
Foundation:
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1. Health
insurance coverage
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5. Adequacy of
nursing care staffing
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2. Reported
health status
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6. Adequacy of
medical office staffing
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3. Child
immunization coverage
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7. Hospital
affordability
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4. Infant
mortality rates
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8. Health
insurance affordability
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The award-winning study found, based on an average ranking of
the criteria, Massachusetts as the
best state for healthcare for the second year in a row. It has the
highest percentage of its population covered by health insurance,
the highest rate of child immunization and finished in the top ten
in three other categories. South
Carolina ranked as the worst state overall for healthcare.
It was among the 10 worst states for child immunization, nursing
care staffing and doctor's office staffing.
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The top 10 states
for best and worst healthcare
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Rank
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States with the Best
Healthcare
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Rank
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States with the Worst
Healthcare
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1
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Massachusetts
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1
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South
Carolina
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2
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Connecticut
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2
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Alaska
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3
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North
Dakota
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3
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New Mexico
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4
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Iowa
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4
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Oklahoma
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5
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Vermont
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5
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Georgia
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6
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Nebraska
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6
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Arizona
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7
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Rhode
Island
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7
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Idaho
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8
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Minnesota
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8
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Texas
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9
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South
Dakota
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9
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North
Carolina
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9
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Tennessee
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10
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Mississippi
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The study also revealed striking differences among states
including:
- Texans are six times more likely to be without health insurance
than Massachusettsans
- Children in Georgia are about
twice as likely to go without immunizations than in Massachusetts
- Infant mortality rates are at least twice as high in 13 states
and D.C. than in Vermont
- The average cost of a day of hospital inpatient care is three
times as high in Oregon than in
Montana
- Relative to the size of its elderly population, Alaska has merely one-seventh as much staff
for nursing care facilities as North
Dakota
- Doctor's offices in Idaho have
less than half the staff as Pennsylvania and three other states relative
to the size of the state's population
"When people debate the cost or availability of healthcare, they
may not realize they could be talking about very different things
depending on where they live. Information like this can help inform
people's decisions about where to live or retire," says
Richard Barrington, a Senior
Financial Advisor for MoneyRates.com. "From a political
perspective, it can also tell them whether they should expect their
local leaders to deliver better results."
MoneyRates.com created an interactive comparison map in the last
study to help consumers review the conditions of each state. To
further assist users, the site included an interactive table where
they can filter by state, subcategory and overall health
conditions.
To view each state's ranking with full methodology
visit, https://www.money-rates.com/research-center/compare-healthcare-by-state.htm
Methodology
MoneyRates.com used data from the U.S. Census Bureau, Kaiser
Family Foundation and ranked all 50 states plus the District of Columbia on performance in eight
categories (found here). Then the overall rankings were based on
the average of rankings across all categories. Finally, the site
classified state-by-state conditions in each category the way you
might describe a person's health:
- Robust - the best 20 percent
- Healthy - the next 20 percent
- Average - the middle 20 percent
- Frail - the next 20 percent
- Critical - the bottom 20 percent
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