The 2017 Commonwealth Fund Scorecard on State Health System Performance Is Available
<p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman';">Thank you for your interest in our report, <em><a href="/interactives/2017/mar/state-scorecard/" target="_blank">Aiming Higher: Results from the Commonwealth Fund Scorecard on State Health System Performance, 2017 Edition</a>.</em></span></p><p> </p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman';">This<em> </em>publication went live this morning.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman';">Some of the topline findings are:</span></p>
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<li><span style="font-family: 'times new roman';">Medicaid expansion states saw the largest gains in access to health care</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'times new roman';">Efforts to improve patient safety and quality are paying off</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'times new roman';">Disparities in health care continue for people with low incomes and ethnic minorities</span></li>
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<p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman';">“This year’s scorecard demonstrates that when the federal government, states, and health care systems work together to make improvements, people’s health care gets better,” said David Radley, lead author and senior scientist at The Commonwealth Fund. “However, despite all of the gains we have seen, every single state has room to improve further. Our hope is that states will use the scorecard to see what is possible and learn what works from better-performing states.” </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman';">Thank you again for your interest in the work of The Commonwealth Fund.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman';">Joshua Tallman</span><a name="_MailAutoSig" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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