beat out by
Memorial Hospital in Carthage, IL (14 mins),
Pana Community Hospital in Pana, IL (38 mins),
Osf Holy Family Medical Center in Monmouth, IL (42 mins), and
Mason District Hospital in Havana, IL (44 mins), and 2 others, ending with
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital-Audrain in Mexico, MO (47 mins).
Incidentally, all 7 provide emergency services. None of the 7 is better than the national death rate for pneumonia patients.beat
Alton Memorial Hospital in Alton, IL (49 mins),
Fulton Medical Center LLC in Fulton, MO (51 mins),
Hermann Area District Hospital in Hermann, MO (54 mins), and
Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital in Lincoln, IL (55 mins), and others, ending with
Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria, IL (273 mins).
17 out of the other 79 hospitals were ruled out due to missing, unknown, or not-applicable values for median time from admit decision to time of departure from the emergency department for patients admitted to inpatient status, e.g., Carlinville Area Hospital in Carlinville, IL.