Massachusetts was ranked second in a new study measuring the state’s overall response to COVID-19.
“The first vaccines were available simultaneously in all states in late 2020. States have different approaches to distributing doses to people, especially in the early stages when vaccine supply was limited. “I took it,” reported the “Scorecard on the Performance of the State Health System.” Announced Thursday by the Commonwealth Fund. The fund found that only Hawaii outperformed Bay in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Commonwealth Fund, a New York-based foundation that supports independent research on health care issues, has 56 indicators of access and quality to health care, use and cost of services, health inequalities, and health outcomes in 2020. We ranked all states based on.
In the fastest-moving states to shoot weapons, such as Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Maine, 70% of the population over the age of 12 reported being fully vaccinated within 200 days of vaccine availability. The book states. The worst ranks were Mississippi, Oklahoma and West Virginia.
“People are willing to take shots,” said David Radley, one of the authors of the report.
The serious damage of a pandemic goes far beyond the death of the virus itself. Since the pandemic began in February 2020, all states have reported more deaths than usual due to COVID and other causes.
Historically strong health systems such as Massachusetts and Hawaii have produced the best health outcomes, including lower preventable mortality and an increase in the overall healthy population, the report said.
As people deal with pandemics and much more powerful synthetic opioids such as fentanyl enter the drug supply, drug overdose deaths have risen to record highs in 2020.
Massachusetts ranked sixth in the rate of change from 2019 to 2020, with overdose mortality changing by about 5% during that period.
However, Bay is also ranked number one in the country in terms of health insurance coverage and access to care. Massachusetts reported that the proportion of uninsured adults was the lowest at 3.6%.
However, while health insurance is stable, the use of medical services has declined. Medicare spending per capita has declined in all regions, reflecting a sharp decline in health care use for people over the age of 65.
In New England, spending fell from just over $ 10,000 in 2019 to just under $ 9,500 in 2020.
