Note: We considered 24 metrics spanning four key categories: healthcare access, healthcare outcomes, healthcare cost and quality of hospital care. The score for each category is measured on a scale of 0 to 100, with 100 representing the worst performance in that category.

1. This score (accounting for 46.50% of the overall score) considers 10 metrics that reflect healthcare access, such as the number of primary care and specialist physicians per 10,000 state residents.
2. This score (accounting for 24.00% of the overall score) considers six metrics that reflect healthcare outcomes, such as diabetes and kidney disease mortality rates per 100,000 state residents.
3. This score (accounting for 15.00% of the overall score) considers four metrics that reflect healthcare cost, such as the average annual premium for employees with single coverage through employer-provided health insurance.
4. This score (accounting for 14.50% of the overall score) considers four metrics that reflect quality of hospital care, such as the percentage of patients who report that hospital staff didn't discussed possible side effects of new medication.