10 states with the best, worst healthcare

(By: Mariah Taylor for Becker’s Hospital Review)

New Hampshire has the best healthcare at the most reasonable cost in the nation, according to a ranking by WalletHub published July 28.

To determine the states where Americans receive the best or worst healthcare, the personal finance website compared all 50 states and the District of Columbia across 44 measures linked to cost, accessibility and outcome. Some of these metrics included cost of medical visit; average hospital expenses per inpatient at community hospitals; hospital beds per capita, average emergency department wait time; infant, child, child and maternal mortality rates; and the share of patients readmitted to hospitals. Data was collected as of June 30 from sources including the CDC, CMS, U.S. Census Bureau and more. Continue reading here…

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