Louisiana
Ranking Highlights
| 2018 Rank | Change from Baseline | |
|---|---|---|
| Overall Ranking | 49 | +1 |
| Access and Affordability | 47 | -3 |
| Prevention and Treatment | 47 | 0 |
| Avoidable Hospital Use and Cost | 50 | +1 |
| Healthy Lives | 47 | +2 |
| Disparity | 19 | +17 |
| Medicaid Expansion | No |
Demographics
| Louisiana | Average | |
|---|---|---|
| Total Population | 4,577,761 | 318,251,368 |
| Median Household Income | $48,868 | $62,470 |
| Below 200% of Federal Poverty Level (FPL) | 39% | 32% |
| % White Race, Non-Hispanic | 59% | 61% |
| % Black Race, Non-Hispanic | 32% | 12% |
| % Other Race, Non-Hispanic | 4% | 9% |
| % Hispanic Ethnicithy | 5% | 18% |
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Highlights
Top Ranked Indicators
- Hospital patients who did not receive patient-centered care
- Hospital 30-day mortality
- Employer-sponsored insurance spending per enrollee
Bottom Ranked Indicators
- Medicare beneficiaries received a high-risk drug
- Central Line-associated Blood Stream Infection (CLABSI), SIR
- Short-stay nursing home residents with a 30-day readmission to the hospital
Most Improved Indicators
- Nursing home residents with an antipsychotic medication
- Home health patients who did not get better at walking or moving around
- Hospital admissions for pediatric asthma, per 100,000 children
Indicators That Worsened the Most
- Adults without all age-appropriate recommended vaccines
- Employee health insurance contributions as a share of median income
- Home health patients with a hospital admission
Comparison with the U.S. Average
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