WalletHub published its ranking of the best states for healthcare on July 31. One of the dimensions used to determine the ranking was healthcare access, which was based on 24 different metrics such as physicians per capita, hospital beds per capita, and average emergency department wait time.
Here are the top 20 states and the District of Columbia ranked by healthcare access, according to WalletHub:
- Maine
- Massachusetts
- Rhode Island
- Vermont
- North Dakota
- Wisconsin
- Minnesota
- Colorado
- Nebraska
- Kansas
- South Dakota
- Kentucky
- District of Columbia
- Pennsylvania
- Connecticut
- Missouri
- Montana
- Louisiana
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey