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(Iowa) -- A new study finds emergency room wait times at some Iowa hospitals are higher than the national average.
Insurance comparison website Compare the Market reviewed 106 hospitals across Iowa and compared ER wait times to the national average of 2 hours and 42 minutes. Hospitals in urban areas including Des Moines, Iowa City, and Waterloo tended to have wait times above the national average, while rural hospitals in communities like Harlan Grundy Center, and Fairfield had lower than average wait times.
Iowa hospitals with the longest emergency room wait times include:
- MercyOne Medical Center, Des Moines - 3hrs 48min
- University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics, Iowa City - 3hrs 46min
- MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center, Waterloo - 3hrs 39min
- Genesis Medical Center, Davenport - 3hrs 16min
- Unity Point Des Moines Methodist, Des Moines - 3hrs 13min
Iowa hospitals with the shortest wait times include:
- Myrtue Medical Center, Harlan - 1hr 14min
- Grundy County Memorial Hospital, Grundy Center - 1hr 16min
- Jefferson County Health Center, Fairfield - 1hr 20min
- Audubon County Memorial Hospital, Audubon - 1hr 24 min
- Greater Regional Medical Center, Creston - 1hr 26 min
The Compare the Market study was based on publicly available data from HospitalStats.org.