If you weren’t thinking about healthcare before 2020 chances are you are now. I know insurance and healthcare costs are a definite source of frustration for me. In fact, I had that conversation over the weekend with a friend. Do you wonder where North Carolina stacks up when it comes to the state of healthcare?  Healthcare Transformers recently conducted a study to rank healthcare across the country.

The study identified us healthcare hotspots where healthcare is both easily accessible and high quality. There are several metrics that were considered as they show a wide range of information, from official statistics to the opinions of residents.

The study analyzed a number of data points including the below to determine which are the best states to live in for healthcare:

• Number of hospitals in the state altogether
• The number of staffed beds in the state’s hospitals altogether
• Number of discharges
• Number of patient days
• Gross patient revenue
• Patient satisfaction
• Number of dentists per 100,000 people
• The number of deaths per 100,000 people annually
• Infant mortality rate
• Maternal mortality rate
• Life expectancy at birth
• Annual healthcare expenditure per capita in $USD

These metrics were then divided by the population to work out the number of hospitals etc. per capita, this allowed for the metrics to be compared state by state fairly. Each metric was ranked from 1-51 with the higher rank being given to the more favorable metric scores. These ranks were added together to show which state is the best “Health Hotspot”.

And guys, I hate to break it to you. Neither of the Carolinas did remotely well in this study. At all. How badly did they rank? Read on to find out.

 Ranking The US States Healthcare 1-5: How Does North Carolina Healthcare Rank?

• 1. New York

  

  Index Score: 58.9

• 2. Connecticut

  Index Score: 58.3

• 3. Pennsylvania

  Index Score: 57.4

• 4. Massachusetts

  Index Score: 56.1

• 5. Florida

  
  Index Score: 55.8

• 6. North Dakota

  Index Score: 55.0

• 7. South Dakota

  Index Score: 54.9

• 8. New Jersey

  Index Score: 54.0

• 9. Minnesota

  Index Score: 50.8

• 10. Colorado

  
  Index Score: 49.8

• 11. Illinois

  Index Score: 49.4

• 12. Nevada

  Index Score: 47.5

• 13. Kansas

  Index Score: 46.9

• 14. Utah

  Index Score: 46.8

• 15. Ohio

  
  Index Score: 46.8

• 16. Washington

  Index Score: 46.6

• 17. Wisconsin

  Index Score: 46.5

• 18. Nebraska

  Index Score: 46.3

• 19. New Hampshire

  Index Score: 45.8

• 20. California

  
  Index Score: 45.8

• 21. Kentucky

  Index Score: 45.1

• 22. Iowa

  Index Score: 44.1

• 23. Rhode Island

  Index Score: 43.9

• 24. Alaska

  Index Score: 43.9

• 25. Tennessee

  
  Index Score: 43.0

• 26. Arizona

  Index Score: 42.4

• 27. Oklahoma

  Index Score: 42.1

• 28. Michigan

  Index Score: 42.1

• 29. Louisiana

  Index Score: 41.4

• 30. Hawaii

  
  Index Score: 41.0

• 31. West Virginia

  Index Score: 40.8

• 32. Oregon

  Index Score: 40.6

• 33. Indiana

  Index Score: 40.6

• 34. Texas

  Index Score: 40.4

• 35. Virginia

  
  Index Score: 40.0

• 36. Missouri

  Index Score: 40.0

• 37. Alabama

  Index Score: 40.0

• 38. Mississippi

  Index Score: 38.9

• 39. Montana

  Index Score: 38.8

• 40. Idaho

  
  Index Score: 38.0

• 41. Maine

  Index Score: 37.3

• 42. Vermont

  Index Score: 36.6

• 43. South Carolina

  Index Score: 35.8

• 44. New Mexico

  Index Score: 34.1

• 45. Maryland

  
  Index Score: 34.1

• 46. Wyoming

  Index Score: 33.9

• 47. North Carolina

  Index Score: 33.8

• 48. Arkansas

  Index Score: 33.8

• 49. Georgia

  Index Score: 32.5

• 50. Delaware

  
  Index Score: 31.4

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