Overview
- Utah topped the list with about 61% of hospitals earning an A, followed by Virginia, New Jersey, Connecticut and North Carolina.
- No hospitals earned an A in Iowa, North Dakota, Vermont or Wyoming, and several states including Nebraska and Alaska saw 15% or fewer A hospitals.
- Nationally, 358 hospitals received an A grade, and 95% of those were designated Straight A for sustaining top scores over multiple cycles.
- In California, 284 hospitals were graded, with 126 earning As, 72 Bs, 72 Cs, 13 Ds, one F and two not graded due to limited data.
- Leapfrog notes about 90% of graded hospitals are system-affiliated and is examining a correlation between system membership and higher grades, underscoring the stakes of preventing errors that contribute to as many as 250,000 U.S. deaths annually.