New Hampshire Hospital Safety Rankings

No one wants to be sick, but if you are, it's good to know where to go. New Hampshire's hospital safety rankings, out Monday, can help you make that decision.

Twice a year, The Leapfrog Group releases its Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade, a program which assigns A, B, C, D and F letter grades to more than 2,600 U.S. hospitals. New Hampshire placed 21st in the most recent rankings.

The Top 10 in its Fall 2016 rankings are:

1. Hawaii
2. Idaho
3. Maine
4. Wisconsin
5. North Carolina
6. Utah
7. Massachusetts
8. Vermont
9. Oregon
10. Virginia

>>>See the full hospitals rankings and grades here

Rank is determined by the percentage of hospitals in a state that received an "A" rating from Leapfrog. In New Hampshire Island, four of the state's 12 hospitals received "A" ratings in Leapfrog's Fall 2016 assessment, while four other hospitals received a "B" and the other four a "C".

The four which recieved an "A" rating were Concord Hospital, Frisbie Memorial (Rochester), Chesire Medical (Keene), and Portsmouth Regional.

The safety grade is based on factors such as how often patients at a given hospital acquire infections or other conditions during their stay, or how well-staffed a hospital's intensive care unit may be.

You can find a full description of the data and methodology used in determining the grades here.

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