Mississippi ranked the worst among the 50 states and Washington, for overall healthcare access, quality, services, costs, and outcomes, according to a new Commonwealth Fund Scorecard on State Health System Performance.
Oklahoma, West Virginia, Texas, and Arkansas rounded out the bottom five states, according to the 2023 report compiled by the nonprofit foundation. The report was released on June 22 and is based on the most recently available 2021 data.
The study evaluated state performance across five categories, including access and affordability, prevention and treatment, potentially avoidable hospital use and cost, healthy lives, and reproductive care and women’s health.
Massachusetts earned the top ranking for overall performance, followed by Hawaii, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont….