Hawaii is home to the fewest preventable hospitalizations in the nation per 1,000 Medicare patients, whereas Minnesota most exceeds the national average of 42.37.
Preventable hospitalizations decreased by 5 percent nationally between 2017 and 2018, according to the United Health Foundation. UHF factors preventable hospitalizations as a sign of overuse of the hospital as a primary source of care to calculate its annual America's Health Rankings report, which is the longest-running annual assessment of the nation's health on a state-by-state basis.
Here are the complete state-by-state rankings the foundation used to calculate states' 2020 overall health scores, the most recent available. Values reflect the number of 2018 discharges per 1,000 Medicare enrollees for ambulatory care-sensitive conditions, such as diabetes with short- or long-term complications, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, angina without a procedure, asthma, dehydration and urinary tract infection. Access the complete reporthere.
- Hawaii — 19.71
- Utah — 22.87
- Idaho — 23.9
- Alaska — 24.08
- Colorado — 24.34
- Oregon — 26.5
- Arizona — 27.55
- New Mexico — 27.88
- Washington — 28.04
- Montana — 29.32
- Vermont — 32.48
- Wyoming — 33
- California — 33.3
- Nebraska — 35.17
- Maine — 35.56
- Iowa — 36.32
- Wisconsin — 37.02
- New Hampshire — 38.37
- Nevada — 39.36
- Rhode Island — 39.64
- Kansas — 40.14
- South Dakota — 40.87
- Maryland — 41.07
- North Dakota — 41.28
- South Carolina — 41.41
- Virginia — 42
- New York — 42.34
- Connecticut — 43.65
- Pennsylvania — 44.61
- New Jersey — 44.82
- North Carolina — 44.98
- Texas —46.56
- Missouri — 46.62
- Oklahoma — 47.23
- Georgia — 47.41
- Delaware — 47.45
- Arkansas — 47.47
- Florida — 47.79
- Tennessee — 47.92
- Indiana — 48.1
- Michigan — 48.2
- Ohio — 48.66
- Massachusetts — 48.83
- Illinois — 49.54
- District of Columbia — 51.76
- Alabama — 54.51
- Kentucky — 55.09
- Louisiana — 55.61
- West Virginia — 55.93
- Mississippi — 56.28
- Minnesota — 57.21