New England residents have the best access to high-quality prenatal and maternal care, according to a recent study from ValuePenguin.
The May 2 study analyzed six metrics in two categories (access and quality) to rank the states where residents have the best access to high-quality prenatal and maternal care: percentage of women ages 18 to 44 with health coverage, percentage of women ages 18 to 44 with a primary care provider, maternal care providers per 100,000 women age 15 and older, percentage of births with adequate prenatal care, and CDC and CMS data on the quality of hospital maternity care and OB-GYNs.
New Hampshire had the highest overall score because of its high percentage of women of childbearing age with a primary care provider and its highly-rated OB-GYNs and hospital maternity departments.
Texas had the lowest overall score because it ranks last in the percentage of women of childbearing age who have health insurance and who have a primary care provider.
States ranked from best to worst access to high-quality prenatal and maternal care:
- New Hampshire
- Rhode Island
- Vermont
- Massachusetts
- Connecticut
- Maryland
- Minnesota
- Kansas
- Oregon
- West Virginia
- Montana
- North Dakota
- Pennsylvania
- Delaware
- Michigan
- Virginia
- Maine
- Ohio
- Wisconsin
- Washington
- Indiana
- Alaska
- Colorado
- Illinois
- New York
- New Jersey
- South Carolina
- California
- Iowa
- North Carolina
- Hawaii
- South Dakota
- Kentucky
- Utah
- Arkansas
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Louisiana
- Nebraska
- Arizona
- Oklahoma
- New Mexico
- Alabama
- Florida
- Idaho
- Tennessee
- Georgia
- Wyoming
- Nevada
- Texas