NEW: RI Ranks 8th Worst for Health Infrastructure for Coronavirus, According to New Study

NEW: RI Ranks 8th Worst for Health Infrastructure for Coronavirus, According to New Study

A new study has ranked Rhode Island’s health infrastructure for coronavirus as 8th worst in the county. 

WalletHub writes, “Our data set ranges from the state’s Public Health Emergency Preparedness funding per capita to the share of the population that is uninsured and the number of hospital beds per capita.”

"The coronavirus pandemic is the 'largest, most serious health crisis that has hit this nation in more than 100 years,' according to CDC director Robert Redfield. That’s not hard to see, considering the unprecedented social distancing measures that have affected the lives of all Americans. Many parts of the U.S. were caught unprepared for a pandemic of this scale, running out of space in hospitals and lacking adequate supplies for doctors and nurses. However, some states’ healthcare systems were better equipped to deal with the onslaught of the virus than others,” says WalletHub. 

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Best, Worst, and Methodology

According to the study, North Dakota has the best infrastructure to face COVID-19; Connecticut has the worst. 

In order to determine the states that had the best health infrastructure to deal with the coronavirus pandemic, WalletHub compared the 50 states across 14 unique metrics.

Read here for their ranking, additional insight from a panel of experts and a complete description of their methodology.