The County Health Rankings show us that where we live matters to our health. The health of a community depends on many different factors - ranging from health behaviors, education and jobs, to quality of health care, to the environment.

Why are the quality of care measures all focused on the Medicare population?

The only quality of care measures that were available at a county level throughout the nation were from our only nationalized system of care—Medicare. We acknowledge it would be better to have a broader set of quality of care measures, but they are not currently available nation-wide for other populations.