The share of Indiana hospitals earning “A” grades for patient safety this fall from the nonprofit Leapfrog Group stood at 18.64 percent, the 41st highest percentage among the 50 states.

More than 2,600 acute-care hospitals in the United States are graded twice annually by Leapfrog and assigned letter grades. The safety grades measure 27 patient care components in order to highlight each hospital’s efforts to protect patients from preventable injury, medical errors and infections, according to Leapfrog.

In Indiana, the share of hospitals earning “A” grades a year ago was 16.67 percent, and the state’s national ranking for 2019 was 41st.

Nationwide, just over one-third of hospitals earned “A” grades; 24 percent collected “B’s”; 35 percent, “C’s”; 7 percent, “D’s”; and 1 percent, “F’s.”

The Leapfrog methodology has been peer-reviewed and aims to encourage hospitals to prioritize patient safety, the analysis states.

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Fall 2020 Hospital Safety Rankings by State

Fall 2020 Rank	State	% of Hospitals With 'A' Grades in Fall 2020	Fall 2019 Rank	% of Hospitals With 'A' Grades in Fall 2019
1	Maine	62.50%	1	58.82%
2	Idaho	58.33%	7	45.45%
3	Delaware	57.14%	23	33.33%
4	Massachusetts	56.90%	12	42.37%
5	Oregon	54.84%	4	48.39%
6	Virginia	52.94%	3	55.88%
7	North Carolina	51.85%	5	46.84%
8	Vermont	50.00%	23	33.33%
9	Colorado	47.62%	20	35.90%
10	Pennsylvania	47.11%	6	45.53%
11	Utah	45.83%	2	56.00%
12	Hawaii	45.45%	35	25.00%
13	Texas	42.73%	16	38.03%
14	Michigan	42.67%	13	41.03%
15	Washington	40.43%	23	33.33%
16	Maryland	38.10%	38	22.73%
17	New Jersey	37.31%	8	44.93%
18	Ohio	37.27%	14	39.45%
19	Florida	36.26%	19	36.78%
20	California	35.85%	21	35.41%
21	Kentucky	35.56%	33	26.00%
22	South Carolina	34.04%	18	36.95%
23	Illinois	33.65%	11	42.59%
24	Tennessee	33.33%	22	33.90%
24	Wyoming	33.33%	49	0.00%
26	Georgia	32.43%	34	25.68%
27	Kansas	32.26%	30	26.67%
28	Connecticut	31.82%	17	37.50%
29	Mississippi	29.73%	26	31.43%
30	Louisiana	29.09%	27	30.77%
31	Rhode Island	28.57%	10	42.86%
32	Arizona	25.53%	32	26.09%
33	Wisconsin	24.14%	15	38.33%
34	Missouri	23.73%	29	27.59%
35	Minnesota	23.08%	37	23.08%
36	Oklahoma	22.50%	35	25.00%
37	Montana	22.22%	9	44.44%
38	Nevada	21.05%	31	26.32%
39	Washington, DC	20.00%	40	20.00%
40	Alabama	19.57%	38	22.73%
41	Indiana	18.64%	41	16.67%
42	New Mexico	16.67%	44	11.76%
43	Iowa	16.13%	46	9.38%
44	New Hampshire	15.38%	27	30.77%
45	New York	9.79%	47	7.48%
46	Arkansas	6.90%	42	13.79%
47	Nebraska	5.88%	43	12.50%
48	West Virginia	4.55%	48	4.55%
49	Alaska	0.00%	47	0.00%
49	South Dakota	0.00%	47	0.00%
49	North Dakota	0.00%	47	0.00%

Source: Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade