Study: NC Is 2017’s 5th Worst State For Health Care

With several politicians raising concerns about the possible collapse of individual insurance markets while Republicans are back to the drawing board on health care reform, the personal-finance website WalletHub conducted an in-depth analysis of 2017’s Best & Worst States for Health Care.

In order to determine where Americans receive the highest-quality services at the best prices, WalletHub’s analysts compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia across 35 key measures of health care cost, accessibility and outcome. The data set ranges from average monthly insurance premium to physicians per capita to share of insured population.

Health Care in North Carolina (1=Best; 25=Avg.):

  • 47th – Avg. Monthly Insurance Premium
  • 35th – Hospital Beds per Capita
  • 27th – Physicians per Capita
  • 30th – Dentists per Capita
  • 35th – Physician Medicare-Acceptance Rate
  • 38th – % of Insured Adults Aged 18 to 64
  • 31st – % of Insured Children Aged 0 to 17
  • 19th – % of At-Risk Adults with No Routine Doctor Visit in Past Two Years
  • 31st – % of Adults with No Dental Visit in Past Year
  • 33rd – % of Medical Residents Retained

Best & Worst States for Health Care

Overall Rank
(1 = Best)		 State Total Score ‘Cost’ Rank ‘Access’ Rank ‘Outcomes’ Rank
1 Hawaii 67.36 3 42 1
2 Iowa 66.62 2 19 13
2 Minnesota 66.62 5 11 8
4 New Hampshire 65.54 16 4 7
5 District of Columbia 65.47 1 6 37
6 Connecticut 64.84 30 2 5
7 South Dakota 63.89 7 5 24
8 Vermont 63.87 20 18 3
9 Massachusetts 63.36 41 3 2
10 Rhode Island 63.23 15 13 10
11 Maryland 63.05 4 22 23
12 Kansas 62.66 6 15 21
13 Colorado 62.62 23 20 4
14 Maine 62.20 17 1 26
15 Utah 61.56 13 33 6
16 North Dakota 61.05 12 21 18
17 Nebraska 60.35 21 10 19
18 Pennsylvania 59.93 14 8 31
19 Illinois 58.51 10 24 29
20 Virginia 58.18 18 30 20
21 Wisconsin 57.80 25 16 22
22 Ohio 57.57 9 14 38
23 Delaware 56.55 8 25 40
24 New Jersey 56.43 29 39 12
25 California 56.14 22 48 9
26 Washington 55.89 31 41 11
27 Michigan 55.82 19 12 39
28 New York 54.34 46 9 25
29 New Mexico 53.83 34 28 27
30 Indiana 53.57 26 27 34
31 Wyoming 53.56 39 36 17
32 Arizona 53.52 33 46 16
33 Idaho 53.25 36 47 14
34 Oregon 52.88 37 45 15
35 Montana 52.01 35 32 32
36 Kentucky 51.81 11 17 47
37 Missouri 51.59 24 23 41
38 West Virginia 49.47 27 7 48
39 Oklahoma 48.06 28 29 46
40 Tennessee 47.85 40 26 44
41 Texas 47.11 44 51 30
42 Nevada 46.24 47 50 28
43 Florida 46.07 48 40 35
44 Alabama 45.45 32 43 45
45 South Carolina 45.01 45 37 42
46 Georgia 44.89 38 49 43
47 North Carolina 44.45 50 44 36
48 Arkansas 42.82 42 34 49
49 Alaska 40.64 51 38 33
50 Mississippi 40.54 43 31 51
51 Louisiana 38.95 49 35 50

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