in North Dakota, USA

North Dakota hospitals - A closer look

We are looking at Acute Care and Critical Access Hospitals. We are not inlcuding Psychiatric Hospitals, Department of Defense or VA Hospitals. The number of hospitals is constant. Hospitals are rated on a scale of 1 to 5, 5 being the highest rating. A hospitals rating can improve or decline over time based on patient surveys as well as reported quality measures. Not all hospitals will have a star rating.

We have taken a closer look at those CMS hospital ratings:

The number of hospitals with a 5 star rating has remained the same in North Dakota. How about hospitals with a 4 star ratings improved? The number of hospitals with a four star rating is higher than the previous year in North Dakota.

Have the number of hospitals with 3 star ratings improved or declined? There number of hospitals with a 3 star rating in North Dakota has declined by 6.

And the numbers for lower-rated hospitals are as follows:

There are 3 more hospitals with a two star rating in North Dakota than the previous year. There number of hospitals with a 1 star rating in North Dakota has declined by 2.

The directory of Hospitals of the States and Territories was last updated 1/30/2020.

About North Dakota

North Dakota is a U.S. state in the midwestern and northern regions of the United States. It is the nineteenth largest in area, the fourth smallest by population, and the fourth most sparsely populated of the 50 states. North Dakota was admitted to the Union on November 2, 1889, along with its neighboring state, South Dakota. Its capital is Bismarck, and its largest city is Fargo.

In the 21st century, North Dakota's natural resources have played a major role in its economic performance, particularly with the oil extraction from the Bakken formation, which lies beneath the northwestern part of the state. Such development has led to population growth and reduced unemployment, resulting in North Dakota having the second lowest unemployment rate in the nation, behind only Hawaii.

North Dakota contains the tallest man-made structure in the Western Hemisphere, the KVLY-TV mast.

Source: Wikipedia