Healthcare in Kansas

Kansas's healthcare-outcomes picture runs genuinely middle-of-the-pack statewide -- a #29-nationally ranking per America's Health Rankings' 2025 report -- even as the state is anchored by a genuine standout facility: The University of Kansas Hospital in Kansas City, KS, named Kansas's #1 hospital for 15 consecutive years and Kansas City's #1 hospital for 17 consecutive years by U.S. News's 2026-27 rankings.

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Kansas's statewide healthcare-outcomes ranking runs a real, genuinely middle-of-the-pack #29 nationally

Kansas's healthcare-outcomes picture is a real, current result this record discloses directly rather than overselling: this pass's research found Kansas ranked #29 nationally for health outcomes, per America's Health Rankings' 2025 report, detailed further in kansas.js's own healthcare metrics -- genuinely middle-of-the-pack, part of the same #24-overall-nationally U.S. News Best States standing detailed on kansas.js's own file-header research.

The University of Kansas Hospital is a real, genuine standout, #1 in Kansas for 15 consecutive years

This pass's own research found The University of Kansas Hospital, located in Kansas City, KS, has been named the Best Hospital in Kansas City for a real, disclosed 17 consecutive years and the Best Hospital in Kansas for 15 consecutive years by U.S. News & World Report's 2026-27 Best Hospitals rankings -- two distinctions this pass's research found no other Kansas hospital has achieved. The hospital ranked nationally in 7 adult medical and surgical specialties, and earned the #1 ranking in both Kansas and Kansas City in all four specialties U.S. News evaluated regionally: Cancer; Cardiology, Heart & Vascular Surgery; Orthopedics; and Rehabilitation.

Access concentrates around the Kansas City metro and Wichita, Kansas's two largest metros

Kansas's larger metros -- the Kansas City metro (home to The University of Kansas Hospital's academic medical center) and Wichita specifically -- anchor the state's most concentrated healthcare access. A prospective mover with significant healthcare needs should still confirm specific local access and facility quality directly for any target Kansas community, particularly in rural western and southeast counties, since statewide averages mask real regional variation.

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Kansas's healthcare picture combines a real, genuinely middle-of-the-pack statewide outcomes ranking with a genuine, nationally recognized standout academic medical center in Kansas City, KS. Confirm local access directly for a specific target community, since statewide averages mask real regional variation, particularly for Kansas's more sparsely populated western and southeast counties.

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Last reviewed: 2026-08-28. Independent research; not financial, tax, or legal advice -- confirm current figures with a local professional before making a decision.