Medicare ranked more than 300 cities for quality of healthcare in 2005, with the lowest at 69.52 and the highest at 95.56. Grand Junction, one of the lowest-cost communities, ranked high in quality.
Single Selected Condition Rates per 1,000 |
|
|---|---|
| McAllen, Texas | Grand Junction, Colo. |
| Diabetes | |
| 422 | 145 |
| Ischemic Heart Disease | |
| 443 | 211 |
| Heart Failure | |
| 168 | 74 |
| Cerebro-Vascular Disease | |
| 202 | 56 |
| Chronic Respiratory Disease | |
| 266 | 169 |
| Arthritis | |
| 405 | 239 |
| Dementia | |
| 107 | 51 |
| Parkinson's Disease | |
| 20 | 12 |
| Multiple Conditions (Percentage of Population) | |
| None of the Selected Conditions | |
| 23% | 46% |
| One Condition Only | |
| 22% | 30% |
| Multiple Conditions | |
| 55% | 24% |


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