Report: Washington’s health care environment among worst in nation

From Dick Dion and the Puget Sound Business Journal: “Washington state hospitals and care facilities are known for providing some of the best care in the nation — when it comes to treating patients. But a new report actually ranks the state’s health care environment among the worst in the nation.

“Finance website WalletHub released an analysis of states with the best and the worst health care on Tuesday and Washington came in at No. 37 overall — thanks in part to the high cost of care and accessibility to that care.

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“In order to determine the states that offer the most cost-effective and highest-quality care, WalletHub’s analysts compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia across 29 metrics. Bringing down Washington’s ranking was the cost of health care – Washington ranked No. 48. For access to health care, the state ranked No. 38.

“WalletHub did rank Washington high for outcomes, which includes things like infant mortality rates and patient readmittance rates. The state ranked No. 10.”