Fact Based List:

10 Worst States for Safe Hospitals - States with smallest percentage of hospitals rated "A"

  1. New Mexico — 7 percent
  2. West Virginia — 8 percent
  3. Oregon — 10 percent
  4. Kansas — 10 percent
  5. Nevada — 10 percent
  6. Idaho — 10 percent
  7. Oklahoma — 11 percent
  8. Rhode Island — 11 percent
  9. Utah — 12 percent
  10. South Dakota — 13 percent

Source: Becker's Hospital Review
Source URL: http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/quality/10-best-a-worst...
Notes: Maryland was not ranked because they are not required to publicly report their hospital safety data