With the Affordable Care Act remaining in effect and the CDC reporting that over 88 percent of the population has a regular place to go for medical care, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on 2018’s Best & Worst States for Health Care.
In order to determine where Americans receive the highest-quality services at the best prices, WalletHub compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia across 40 key measures of health care cost, accessibility and outcome. The data set ranges from average monthly insurance premium to physicians per capita to share of insured population.
North Carolina ranked #47, just behind Arkansas (#48), Alaska (#49), Mississippi (#50), and Louisiana (#51);
States with Best Health Care Systems
Overall Rank (1 = Best) |
State | Total Score | ‘Cost’ Rank | ‘Access’ Rank | ‘Outcomes’ Rank |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Vermont | 66.31 | 3 | 23 | 1 |
2 | Massachusetts | 65.31 | 31 | 2 | 2 |
3 | New Hampshire | 64.03 | 24 | 4 | 4 |
4 | Minnesota | 63.35 | 11 | 8 | 8 |
5 | Hawaii | 63.08 | 5 | 35 | 5 |
6 | Rhode Island | 62.98 | 4 | 24 | 10 |
7 | Colorado | 62.69 | 23 | 15 | 3 |
8 | District of Columbia | 62.08 | 1 | 6 | 36 |
9 | Iowa | 61.94 | 6 | 19 | 14 |
10 | Maryland | 61.86 | 2 | 28 | 28 |
11 | Connecticut | 61.79 | 33 | 7 | 7 |
12 | Maine | 61.26 | 35 | 1 | 15 |
13 | Kansas | 60.20 | 10 | 9 | 21 |
14 | South Dakota | 59.52 | 34 | 3 | 16 |
15 | Utah | 59.48 | 25 | 34 | 6 |
16 | Nebraska | 59.35 | 27 | 14 | 12 |
17 | New York | 58.68 | 13 | 11 | 24 |
18 | Pennsylvania | 58.34 | 16 | 10 | 29 |
19 | Ohio | 58.18 | 7 | 18 | 34 |
20 | Michigan | 57.98 | 8 | 17 | 33 |
21 | North Dakota | 57.78 | 15 | 12 | 32 |
22 | Virginia | 56.93 | 21 | 29 | 17 |
23 | Wisconsin | 56.90 | 47 | 13 | 9 |
24 | Illinois | 56.79 | 20 | 16 | 31 |
25 | Delaware | 56.52 | 9 | 38 | 25 |
26 | New Jersey | 55.77 | 12 | 41 | 23 |
27 | Oregon | 54.47 | 28 | 40 | 18 |
28 | Washington | 54.29 | 38 | 42 | 11 |
29 | California | 54.15 | 17 | 45 | 19 |
30 | New Mexico | 53.52 | 19 | 27 | 37 |
31 | Idaho | 53.19 | 36 | 48 | 13 |
32 | Montana | 52.76 | 43 | 21 | 26 |
33 | Wyoming | 52.29 | 46 | 25 | 20 |
34 | Kentucky | 52.12 | 14 | 20 | 45 |
35 | Indiana | 52.02 | 18 | 36 | 40 |
36 | Arizona | 50.62 | 40 | 43 | 27 |
37 | Missouri | 49.92 | 29 | 22 | 43 |
38 | Texas | 49.00 | 26 | 51 | 35 |
39 | West Virginia | 48.37 | 45 | 5 | 47 |
40 | Nevada | 48.16 | 32 | 49 | 38 |
41 | Tennessee | 47.79 | 22 | 30 | 48 |
42 | Florida | 47.04 | 39 | 47 | 39 |
43 | Georgia | 46.51 | 30 | 50 | 42 |
44 | South Carolina | 46.14 | 49 | 32 | 41 |
45 | Oklahoma | 45.59 | 41 | 33 | 46 |
46 | Alabama | 44.03 | 44 | 44 | 44 |
47 | North Carolina | 43.98 | 50 | 46 | 30 |
48 | Arkansas | 43.22 | 37 | 31 | 50 |
49 | Alaska | 41.78 | 51 | 37 | 22 |
50 | Mississippi | 41.53 | 42 | 26 | 51 |
51 | Louisiana | 41.14 | 48 | 39 | 49 |
Health Care in North Carolina (1=Best; 25=Avg.):
- 45th – Avg. Monthly Insurance Premium
- 40th – Hospital Beds per Capita
- 26th – Physicians per Capita
- 29th – Dentists per Capita
- 35th – Physician Medicare-Acceptance Rate
- 39th – % of Insured Adults
- 30th – % of Insured Children
- 32nd – % of Adults with No Dental Visit in Past Year
- 34th – % of Medical Residents Retained
For the full report, please visit:
https://wallethub.com/edu/