April 23, 2024
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WalletHub News Release
Florida scores low on the 2018 'Best & Worst States for Children's Health Care' study
With Every Kid Healthy Week kicking off on April 23 and children’s health care costs getting increasingly more expensive, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on 2018’s Best & Worst States for Children's Health Care.
In order to determine which states offer the most cost-effective and highest-quality health care for children, WalletHub compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia across 30 key metrics. The data set ranges from share of children aged 0 to 17 in excellent or very good health to pediatricians and family doctors per capita.
Children’s Health Care in Florida (1=Best; 25=Avg.):
- 48th – % of Children in Excellent/Very Good Health
- 47th – % of Uninsured Children
- 27th – Infant-Death Rate
- 33rd – % of Children with Unaffordable Medical Bills
- 16th – Pediatricians & Family Doctors per Capita
- 49th – % of Overweight Children
- 37th – % of Obese Children
- 49th – % of Children with Excellent/Very Good Teeth
- 45th – % of Children with Medical & Dental Preventive-Care Visits in Past Year
For the full report, please click here.
