More than 24% of Indiana hospitals received top grades for health care safety this fall from the nonprofit Leapfrog Group, the 32nd highest percentage among the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

More than 2,900 acute-care hospitals in the United States were evaluated this fall by Leapfrog and given letter grades – the largest number of hospitals ever assigned such grades. The safety grades measure 30 patient care components in order to highlight each hospital’s efforts to protect patients on criteria such as from preventable injury, medical errors, infections and post-operative sepsis, according to Leapfrog.

In Indiana, the share of hospitals earning “A” grades in the spring of 2021 was 21.4%, and the state’s national ranking in the spring was 35th.

Nationwide this fall, 32% of hospitals earned “A” grades; 26 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 2021 Hospital Safety Rankings by State

Fall 2021 Ranking	State	% 'A' Hospitals	Spring 2021 Ranking	% 'A' Hospitals Spring 2021
1	Virginia	56.2%	4	50.0%
2	North Carolina	55.1%	5	47.0%
3	Idaho	53.9%	2	58.3%
4	Massachusetts	51.7%	1	58.6%
5	Colorado	48.8%	7	46.5%
6	Utah	48.2%	8	45.8%
7	Hawaii	46.2%	20	33.3%
8	Pennsylvania	45.9%	9	44.8%
9	New Jersey	42.9%	14	38.2%
10	Michigan	42.7%	10	44.3%
11 (tie)	Maine	41.2%	3	56.3%
11 (tie)	Oregon	41.2%	6	46.9%
13	Florida	36.4%	11	42.5%
14	Kansas	36.4%	13	38.7%
15	Tennessee	35.1%	15	36.4%
16	Texas	34.7%	12	40.3%
17	Ohio	33.6%	27	30.4%
18 (tie)	Missouri	33.3%	32	25.4%
18 (tie)	Rhode Island	33.3%	20	33.3%
20	California	33.0%	18	34.3%
21	Washington	32.7%	24	31.9%
22	Mississippi	31.8%	28	29.7%
23	New Hampshire	30.8%	42	15.4%
24	Arkansas	29.7%	47	10.3%
25	South Carolina	29.4%	19	34.0%
26	Illinois	28.5%	17	34.8%
27	Connecticut	27.6%	29	28.6%
28	Louisiana	27.4%	26	30.9%
29	Minnesota	26.1%	42	15.4%
30	Kentucky	25.4%	33	24.0%
31	Oklahoma	24.4%	35	21.4%
32	Indiana	24.3%	35	21.4%
33	Arizona	23.9%	23	32.6%
34	Wisconsin	23.1%	34	23.4%
35	Maryland	21.4%	16	34.9%
36	Nevada	21.1%	36	21.1%
37	Montana	20.0%	38	20.0%
38	Georgia	19.5%	25	31.6%
39	Alabama	19.4%	37	20.4%
40 (tie)	Alaska	16.7%	38	20.0%
40 (tie)	Nebraska	16.7%	45	11.1%
40 (tie)	Vermont	16.7%	20	33.3%
43	Iowa	14.7%	49	6.5%
44	New Mexico	13.6%	44	14.3%
45	Wyoming	12.5%	29	28.6%
46	South Dakota	10.0%	50	0.0%
47	New York	8.0%	46	10.7%
48	West Virginia	4.6%	48	9.5%
49	Washington, D.C.	0.0%	41	16.7%
49	Delaware	0.0%	29	28.6%
49	North Dakota	0.0%	50	0.0%

Source: Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade