WalletHub analyzed the 50 states and Washington, D.C., using 40 weighted metrics. Researchers averaged the score of the metrics to compile an overall score.
Here’s how the states and Washington, D.C., stacked up in terms of patient outcomes:
- Vermont
- Massachusetts
- Colorado
- New Hampshire
- Hawaii
- Utah
- Connecticut
- Minnesota
- Wisconsin
- Rhode Island
- Washington
- Nebraska
- Idaho
- Iowa
- Maine
- South Dakota
- Virginia
- Oregon
- California
- Wyoming
- Kansas
- Alaska
- New Jersey
- New York
- Delaware
- Montana
- Arizona
- Maryland
- Pennsylvania
- North Carolina
- Illinois
- North Dakota
- Michigan
- Ohio
- Texas
- Washington, D.C.
- New Mexico
- Nevada
- Florida
- Indiana
- South Carolina
- Georgia
- Missouri
- Alabama
- Kentucky
- Oklahoma
- West Virginia
- Tennessee
- Louisiana
- Arkansas
- Mississippi
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