in Vermont, USA

Have the number of hospitals in Vermont increased or decreased compared to the previous year?

We are only counting Acute Care and Critical Access Hospitals. We are not inlcuding Psychiatric Hospitals, Department of Defense or VA Hospitals. The number of hospitals is constant in Vermont. Hospitals are rated on a scale of one to five, five being the highest rating. A hospitals rating can become better or worse based on patient surveys and other reported quality measures. Note that not all hospitals will have a star rating.

Take a closer look at those CMS ratings:

There is 1 more hospital with a 5 star rating in Vermont than the previous year. Have the numbers for four star ratings hospitals changed? There is one less hospital with a 4 star rating than the previous year in Vermont.

And how about three star rated hospitals? The number of hospitals with a three star rating has remained the same.

Have the lower-rated hospitals in Vermont changed?

The number of hospitals with a two star rating has remained the same. The number of hospitals with a 1 star rating is constant.

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

About Vermont

Vermont is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It borders the U.S. states of Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, New York to the west, and the Canadian province of Quebec to the north. Vermont is the second-smallest by population and the sixth-smallest by area of the 50 U.S. states. The state capital is Montpelier, the least populous state capital in the United States. The most populous city, Burlington, is the least populous city to be the most populous city in a state. As of 2019, Vermont was the leading producer of maple syrup in the United States. In crime statistics, it was ranked since 2016 as the safest state in the country.

Source: Wikipedia