SEATTLE, March 31, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- QuoteWizard®, a LendingTree company, and one of the nation's leading online insurance marketplaces released a report on which states are most prepared for hospital capacity by analyzing data on hospital beds and physicians per 1,000 people.
The capacity of the health care system to handle COVID-19 is dependent on how many people have access to critical health care components like hospital beds, nurses, doctors and equipment like ventilators. The CDC and other health organizations refer to this as flattening the curve. "The curve" is the total number of cases in a time period since the first case. If there are too many total cases in a short period of time, it can overwhelm health care capacity to treat people.
Key findings:
- West Virginia, New York and Pennsylvania rank highest for hospital capacity.
- Utah, Idaho and Nevada rank lowest for hospital capacity.
- Nationwide, there are an average of 2.96 physicians and 2.4 hospital beds per 1,000 people.
- 23 states saw a decrease in hospital beds per 1,000 people from 2014 to 2018
To view the full report, visit https://quotewizard.com/news/posts/states-prepared-for-hospital-capacity
Methodology
QuoteWizard analyzed Kaiser Family Foundation data on hospital beds and physicians per 1,000 people. We evaluated and ranked states on the number of hospital beds and physicians per 1,000 people. Final rankings are a composite score of states' hospital beds and physicians preparedness. States with the highest-ranking are considered to have the best hospital preparedness.
|
Rank
|
State
|
Physicians per 1,000
people
|
Beds per 1,000
people
|
|
1
|
West Virginia
|
3.17
|
3.74
|
|
2
|
New York
|
4.60
|
2.7
|
|
3
|
Pennsylvania
|
3.99
|
2.92
|
|
4
|
Nebraska
|
2.91
|
3.54
|
|
5
|
Missouri
|
3.30
|
3.08
|
|
6
|
Ohio
|
3.63
|
2.88
|
|
7
|
Louisiana
|
2.97
|
3.16
|
|
8
|
Massachusetts
|
5.25
|
2.32
|
|
9
|
Michigan
|
3.89
|
2.5
|
|
10
|
Maine
|
3.51
|
2.54
|
|
11
|
North Dakota
|
2.64
|
4.28
|
|
12
|
Kansas
|
2.72
|
3.38
|
|
13
|
Illinois
|
3.42
|
2.5
|
|
14
|
Minnesota
|
3.22
|
2.58
|
|
15
|
Kentucky
|
2.67
|
3.2
|
|
16
|
New Jersey
|
3.43
|
2.34
|
|
17
|
Rhode Island
|
4.71
|
2.1
|
|
18
|
Tennessee
|
2.78
|
2.98
|
|
19
|
Connecticut
|
4.38
|
2.06
|
|
20
|
Iowa
|
2.70
|
3.04
|
|
21
|
South Dakota
|
2.31
|
4.76
|
|
22
|
Delaware
|
3.23
|
2.2
|
|
23
|
Maryland
|
4.08
|
1.94
|
|
24
|
Mississippi
|
2.22
|
4.08
|
|
25
|
Vermont
|
3.75
|
1.98
|
|
26
|
Alabama
|
2.49
|
3.08
|
|
27
|
Arkansas
|
2.37
|
3.18
|
|
28
|
Montana
|
2.18
|
3.52
|
|
29
|
Florida
|
2.63
|
2.62
|
|
30
|
New Hampshire
|
3.12
|
2.1
|
|
31
|
Wisconsin
|
3.04
|
2.14
|
|
32
|
Indiana
|
2.50
|
2.62
|
|
33
|
Wyoming
|
2.03
|
3.24
|
|
34
|
Oklahoma
|
2.39
|
2.84
|
|
35
|
Virginia
|
2.73
|
2.14
|
|
36
|
North Carolina
|
2.71
|
2.14
|
|
37
|
South Carolina
|
2.50
|
2.5
|
|
38
|
Alaska
|
2.60
|
2.26
|
|
39
|
Georgia
|
2.38
|
2.4
|
|
40
|
California
|
2.86
|
1.82
|
|
41
|
Washington
|
2.89
|
1.7
|
|
42
|
New Mexico
|
2.78
|
1.82
|
|
43
|
Oregon
|
2.88
|
1.66
|
|
44
|
Texas
|
2.23
|
2.3
|
|
45
|
Colorado
|
2.52
|
1.92
|
|
46
|
Hawaii
|
2.58
|
1.86
|
|
47
|
Arizona
|
2.45
|
1.96
|
|
48
|
Nevada
|
2.00
|
2
|
|
49
|
Idaho
|
1.69
|
1.98
|
|
50
|
Utah
|
2.11
|
1.82
|
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