North Carolina is now among the nation’s safest states for hospital care, according to a national watchdog.
Utah topped the list of states with the highest percentage of hospitals that received A grades for the fifth year in a row, followed by Rhode Island, New Jersey, Connecticut and then North Carolina.
North Carolina's largest hospitals have over 15,000 licensed beds and employ over 84,000 people.
The 75 ranked hospitals in North Carolina have nearly 34,000 licensed beds. In fact, 24 of them each have more than 500 licensed beds. The online version of this ranking expands beyond what appears in ...