Using data from 'Hospital Safety Grade*' we were able to compare where Americans have the most access to ‘Grade A’ level hospitals. Using state populations we were able to compare how many people would be able to gain access to a grade A hospital, and ranked each state from 1 - 50, with 1 representing those that have greatest access to top grade healthcare.
Ranking | State | Total Hospitals | Grade A Hospitals Spring 2022 (%) | Total Grade A Hospitals | Number of People to Grade A Hospital |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
6 | Hawaii | 13 | 50 | 7 | 215,648 |
7 | Utah | 27 | 55.6 | 15 | 224,033 |
8 | Colorado | 47 | 55.3 | 26 | 229,352 |
9 | Tennessee | 74 | 40.8 | 30 | 231,909 |
10 | Louisiana | 62 | 32.1 | 20 | 231,942 |
11 | Massachusetts | 58 | 50 | 29 | 238,693 |
12 | Michigan | 82 | 50.6 | 41 | 240,895 |
13 | South Carolina | 52 | 41.2 | 21 | 249,365 |
14 | Kansas | 34 | 33.3 | 11 | 257,832 |
15 | Ohio | 120 | 36.7 | 44 | 266,289 |
16 | Oregon | 34 | 47.1 | 16 | 270,094 |
17 | New Jersey | 70 | 43.5 | 30 | 291,320 |
18 | Idaho | 13 | 50 | 7 | 291,793 |
19 | Arkansas | 37 | 28.1 | 10 | 292,586 |
20 | Missouri | 63 | 30 | 19 | 327,240 |
21 | New Hampshire | 13 | 30.8 | 4 | 344,268 |
22 | Florida | 183 | 35.2 | 64 | 344,293 |
23 | Rhode Island | 9 | 33.3 | 3 | 354,549 |
24 | Indiana | 74 | 25.7 | 19 | 359,785 |
25 | Illinois | 116 | 28.9 | 34 | 373,406 |
26 | Oklahoma | 46 | 23.3 | 11 | 373,874 |
27 | Kentucky | 59 | 20 | 12 | 380,274 |
28 | Connecticut | 29 | 32.1 | 9 | 380,985 |
29 | Texas | 230 | 32.3 | 74 | 405,136 |
30 | California | 283 | 32.7 | 93 | 428,611 |
31 | Washington | 49 | 36.2 | 18 | 444,693 |
32 | Nebraska | 19 | 21.1 | 4 | 489,097 |
33 | Alabama | 70 | 14.3 | 10 | 494,475 |
34 | Minnesota | 46 | 25 | 12 | 499,111 |
35 | Vermont | 6 | 20 | 1 | 519,068 |
36 | Wisconsin | 66 | 16.9 | 11 | 526,046 |
37 | Montana | 10 | 20 | 2 | 546,559 |
38 | Georgia | 87 | 22.6 | 20 | 556,215 |
39 | Alaska | 6 | 16.7 | 1 | 719,324 |
40 | Arizona | 50 | 20 | 10 | 764,080 |
41 | Nevada | 19 | 21.1 | 4 | 807,833 |
42 | South Dakota | 11 | 10 | 1 | 820,493 |
43 | Maryland | 42 | 17.1 | 7 | 845,908 |
44 | New Mexico | 22 | 10 | 2 | 958,679 |
45 | New York | 152 | 12.7 | 19 | 995,814 |
46 | Delaware | 7 | 14.3 | 1 | 997,621 |
47 | Iowa | 34 | 3.1 | 1 | 3,011,789 |
48 | North Dakota | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
49 | Wyoming | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
50 | West Virginia | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Data from the 'Hospital Safety Grade' (2022). In order to rank each state across America, we compared the number of Grade A hospitals to state populations.
* This study is based on hospitals with publicly available data, however, certain hospitals are not required to publicly report their safety record. This means there was not enough information available to issue them a safety grading. Hospitals not required to report their safety record publicly include: critical access hospitals and specialty hospitals (such as surgical centers and children’s hospitals). Many hospitals are also unable to provide data to the federal government, due to being too small, or lacking this data entirely (like veteran’s hospitals).