Massachusetts
Ranking Highlights
| 2018 Rank | Change from Baseline | |
|---|---|---|
| Overall Ranking | 2 | 0 |
| Access and Affordability | 2 | -1 |
| Prevention and Treatment | 1 | 0 |
| Avoidable Hospital Use and Cost | 29 | -3 |
| Healthy Lives | 3 | 0 |
| Disparity | 2 | 0 |
| Medicaid Expansion | Yes |
Demographics
| Massachusetts | Average | |
|---|---|---|
| Total Population | 6,735,954 | 318,251,368 |
| Median Household Income | $85,645 | $62,470 |
| Below 200% of Federal Poverty Level (FPL) | 22% | 32% |
| % White Race, Non-Hispanic | 72% | 61% |
| % Black Race, Non-Hispanic | 7% | 12% |
| % Other Race, Non-Hispanic | 9% | 9% |
| % Hispanic Ethnicithy | 11% | 18% |
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Highlights
Top Ranked Indicators
- Children ages 19–35 months who did not receive all recommended vaccines
- Hospital 30-day mortality
- Adults without a usual source of care
Bottom Ranked Indicators
- 30-day hospital readmissions, age 65 and older, per 1,000 Medicare beneficiaries
- Admissions for ambulatory care–sensitive conditions, age 75 and older, per 1,000 Medicare beneficiaries
- Home health patients with a hospital admission
Most Improved Indicators
- Adults with any mental illness reporting unmet need
- Home health patients who did not get better at walking or moving around
- Children ages 19–35 months who did not receive all recommended vaccines
Indicators That Worsened the Most
- Deaths from suicide, alcohol, and drug use per 100,000 population
- Adults without all age-appropriate recommended vaccines
- Home health patients with a hospital admission
Comparison with the U.S. Average
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