Massachusetts ranked No. 1 among the states and the District of Columbia in terms of health system performance, according to data from the Commonwealth Fund.
The rankings, released June 22, were based on 58 measures and seven dimensions: access and affordability, prevention and treatment, avoidable use and cost, healthy lives, reproductive care and women's health, income disparity and racial and ethnic equity.
Across these dimensions, the top 27 states and the District of Columbia finished with above-average scores.
|
Rank |
State |
|
1 |
Massachusetts |
|
2 |
Hawaii |
|
3 |
New Hampshire |
|
4 |
Rhode Island |
|
5 |
Vermont |
|
6 |
Connecticut |
|
7 |
Washington |
|
8 |
Maryland |
|
9 |
New York |
|
10 |
Pennsylvania |
|
11 (tie) |
District of Columbia |
|
11 (tie) |
Minnesota |
|
13 |
Oregon |
|
14 |
California |
|
15 |
Iowa |
|
16 |
Maine |
|
17 |
New Jersey |
|
18 |
Colorado |
|
19 |
Utah |
|
20 |
Virginia |
|
21 (tie) |
Nebraska |
|
21 (tie) |
Wisconsin |
|
23 (tie) |
Idaho |
|
23 (tie) |
Illinois |
|
25 |
Delaware |
|
26 |
Montana |
|
27 |
Michigan |
|
28 |
North Dakota |
|
29 |
South Dakota |
|
30 |
Kansas |
|
31 |
Ohio |
|
32 |
New Mexico |
|
33 |
North Carolina |
|
34 (tie) |
Arizona |
|
34 (tie) |
Indiana |
|
36 |
Florida |
|
37 |
South Carolina |
|
38 |
Missouri |
|
39 |
Alaska |
|
40 |
Kentucky |
|
41 |
Nevada |
|
42 |
Alabama |
|
43 (tie) |
Louisiana |
|
43 (tie) |
Wyoming |
|
45 |
Georgia |
|
46 |
Tennessee |
|
47 |
Arkansas |
|
48 |
Texas |
|
49 (tie) |
Oklahoma |
|
49 (tie) |
West Virginia |
|
51 |
Mississippi |