in Vermont, USA

What do the numbers of hospital in Vermont mean?

We are only counting Acute Care and Critical Access Hospitals. We are not counting 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. Beware that not all hospitals will have a star rating.

Take a closer look at those 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 1 less hospital with a 4 star rating in Vermont than the previous year.

Anything new about the hospitals with a three star ratings? The number of hospitals with a three star rating is constant.

Have the lower-rated hospitals in Vermont changed?

The number of hospitals with a 2 star rating has remained the same. The number of hospitals with a one star rating has remained the same.

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