Nev. drops to 37th in health care firm’s annual ranking
By Jessie Bekker, Las Vegas Review-Journal
Nevada ranked 37th in the nation this year in health, dropping two rungs from last year in an annual ranking by a health care company.
A UnitedHealthcare annual report showed that Nevada’s greatest challenges include high rates of violent crime rate and the uninsured and a dearth in primary care.
It also ranked last among the 50 states and the District of Columbia in public health funding, at $41 per person, compared with $296 per person in the No. 1 state for such funding, West Virginia.
