title: Healthcare quality all over the map. Commonwealth Fund report shows even those states that perform the best on healthcare quality have lots of work to do.
abstract: A new report from the Commonwealth Fund lays out how states stack up in five areas of health quality, with all showing wide variations. Hawaii came out on top overall, while Mississippi and Oklahoma tied for last place. The scorecard was hailed as a unique measure for states. "The good news is it gives us benchmarks--who is doing the best (and) look and learn", says Mary Wakefield, left.
authors.forename: Jessica
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zigmond
mesh_terms: D019985:Benchmarking; D002391:Catchment Area, Health; D019058:Community Networks; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D005843:Geography; D006292:Health Priorities; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006761:Hospitals / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care; D014481:United States