Georgia improved by one spot, reaching No. 40 in an annual ranking of states’ health systems, released Thursday.
The state’s ranking in the Commonwealth Fund report is similar to the results on other national scorecards in health care. Georgia was ranked 41st last year in the State Health System Performance scorecard and 46th in the previous ranking.
Georgia’s top-ranked health indicators in the report included high vaccination rates for young children; a comparatively low rate of deaths from suicide, alcohol and drug use; and a high rate of diabetic adults getting a blood sugar test.
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