States Best & Least Prepared to Manage COVID-19

One measure of a state's preparedness to manage the COVID-19 shock to its health system is the level of funding for public health emergency preparedness. An analysis prepared by WalletHub found that the District of Columbia ranks #1 on that measure and New York ranks #51. Share of population with health coverage, public health spending per capita, public hospital system quality, and several other measures of foundational health care resources were ranked from best to worst in the analysis. In the slides below find the 5 states ranking highest and 5 ranking lowest on 7 indicators of preparedness.