Alaska
Ranking Highlights
| 2018 Rank | Change from Baseline | |
|---|---|---|
| Overall Ranking | 34 | -2 |
| Access and Affordability | 39 | -2 |
| Prevention and Treatment | 48 | +1 |
| Avoidable Hospital Use and Cost | 10 | +3 |
| Healthy Lives | 30 | -3 |
| Disparity | 33 | -16 |
| Medicaid Expansion | Yes |
Demographics
| Alaska | Average | |
|---|---|---|
| Total Population | 720,541 | 318,251,368 |
| Median Household Income | $78,390 | $62,470 |
| Below 200% of Federal Poverty Level (FPL) | 25% | 32% |
| % White Race, Non-Hispanic | 61% | 61% |
| % Black Race, Non-Hispanic | 3% | 12% |
| % Other Race, Non-Hispanic | 29% | 9% |
| % Hispanic Ethnicithy | 7% | 18% |
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Highlights
Top Ranked Indicators
- Short-stay nursing home residents with a 30-day readmission to the hospital
- Total Medicare (Parts A & B) reimbursements per enrollee
- Home health patients with a hospital admission
Bottom Ranked Indicators
- Home health patients who did not get better at walking or moving around
- Adults without a usual source of care
- Employer-sponsored insurance spending per enrollee
Most Improved Indicators
- Individuals with high out-of-pocket medical spending
- Home health patients who did not get better at walking or moving around
- Medicare beneficiaries received a high-risk drug
Indicators That Worsened the Most
- Employer-sponsored insurance spending per enrollee
- Hospital 30-day mortality
- Infant mortality, deaths per 1,000 live births
Comparison with the U.S. Average
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