Texas health care system ranks 45th in country, study finds

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Texas health care system ranks 45th in country, study finds
The high costs of U.S. health care services don't always translate to better results, according to the WalletHub study. — Pexels.com / Pranichakan Boonrom
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Aug 2, 2023
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Texas posted the seventh-poorest showing among the 50 states and the District of Columbia in a new WalletHub study that ranked health care quality based on criteria such as medical visit costs, life expectancy and access.

The Lone Star State earned a total score of 48.49 in the study by the personal finances website, with the maximum score being 100. In comparison, No. 1 Minnesota was given a score of 64.96 in the analysis, which looked at three main categories: cost, access and outcomes.

Within these categories, researchers measured 44 different health-related criteria, such as percentages of uninsured. Texas ranked 48th on cost, 49th on access and 35th on health outcomes.

Texas finished last in the metrics of the share of insured adults aged 19 to 64 and the share of insured children under 18, the study found. And Texas came in 50th in the metric of the share of adults who did not visit a dentist over the past year.

The average U.S. resident has $12,914 in health expenses annually, according to an estimate by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. The good news is that the growth of health care costs has slowed in recent years, the report says.

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State Health Care System Rankings in 2023 

Overall Rank State Total Score Cost Access Outcomes
1 Minnesota 64.96 1 7 15
2 Iowa 64.45 2 25 6
3 Rhode Island 64.22 7 3 16
4 North Dakota 63.9 8 5 14
5 Utah 62.24 13 43 1
6 Colorado 62.14 28 8 7
7 Maine 62.08 21 1 18
8 Hawaii 61.45 18 29 2
9 South Dakota 61.32 9 11 19
10 Idaho 61.02 15 37 3
11 Massachusetts 60.79 33 2 11
12 Maryland 60.25 3 22 24
13 Vermont 60.22 43 4 4
14 Nebraska 60.15 31 9 13
15 New Hampshire 60.07 29 19 9
16 Kansas 59.71 16 10 23
17 Montana 59.68 12 17 21
18 Virginia 59.64 4 44 17
19 Wisconsin 59.19 38 6 10
20 Michigan 59.08 6 31 22
21 Pennsylvania 58.84 10 14 26
22 New Jersey 56.86 20 20 27
23 Connecticut 56.69 47 15 12
24 Indiana 56.68 11 24 36
25 Oregon 55.84 39 35 8
26 Missouri 55.02 22 16 39
27 District of Columbia 54.88 23 13 38
28 Washington 54.74 46 46 5
29 Kentucky 54.15 5 12 48
30 New York 53.89 34 23 28
31 Ohio 53.63 17 33 40
32 Arizona 52.25 24 48 31
33 Delaware 51.8 40 34 29
34 New Mexico 51.72 25 36 41
35 Nevada 51.62 19 39 42
36 Illinois 51.32 42 32 32
37 Arkansas 51.27 14 21 49
38 California 50.6 41 38 33
39 Wyoming 50.4 50 40 20
40 Tennessee 50.37 26 30 46
41 South Carolina 50.33 35 42 37
42 North Carolina 49.9 45 47 25
43 Florida 49.36 37 50 34
44 Georgia 48.79 32 45 44
45 Texas 48.49 48 49 35
46 Oklahoma 47.99 36 41 43
47 Louisiana 47.4 44 18 47
48 Alabama 47.17 30 51 45
49 Alaska 47.02 51 27 30
50 Mississippi 46.61 27 26 51
51 West Virginia 44.26 49 28 50

Source: WalletHub.com

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