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Benchmarking Dallas County Hospital in Perry, IA against all hospitals

 

Dallas County Hospital in Perry, IA has the 6th-lowest median time from emergency department arrival to emergency department departure for discharged patients (88 mins) of the 77 hospitals in Iowa that are not government-owned. Those 88 mins are 25% lower than the average of 117.8 mins across the 77 hospitals.

Dallas County Hospital has these emergency-department standings among those 77 hospitals:

  • median time from emergency department arrival to emergency department departure for discharged patients = 88 mins (6th-lowest, tied)

  • median time from admit decision to time of departure from the emergency department for patients admitted to inpatient status = 78 mins (15th-highest)


Note that median time from emergency department arrival to emergency department departure for discharged patients correlates (0.55) with median time from admit decision to time of departure from the emergency department for patients admitted to inpatient status. But on the latter, Dallas County Hospital in Perry, IA (with 78 mins) is higher (i.e., worse) than the median (47 mins) of those 77 hospitals.

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Peers

beat out by Loring Hospital in Sac City, IA (51 mins), Baum Harmon Mercy Hospital in Primghar, IA (80 mins), Genesis Medical Center-Dewitt in Dewitt, IA (85 mins), and Chi Health Missouri Valley in Missouri Valley, IA (86 mins), and 1 other.

tied with Grundy County Memorial Hospital in Grundy Center, IA (88 mins).

Incidentally, all 7 are critical access and are non-profit.


beat St Anthony Regional Hospital & Nursing Home in Carroll, IA (89 mins), Burgess Health Center in Onawa, IA (90 mins), George C Grape Community Hospital in Hamburg, IA (90 mins), and Chi Health - Mercy Corning in Corning, IA (95 mins), and others, ending with Mercyone Waterloo Medical Center in Waterloo, IA (186 mins).

12 out of the other 76 hospitals were ruled out due to missing, unknown, or not-applicable values for median time from emergency department arrival to emergency department departure for discharged patients, e.g., Buchanan County Health Center in Independence, IA.

References

  1. government-owned. Governemnt-owned includes federal, state, local, and hospital district or authority. Except where noted, all data come from the Oct 28, 2020 update at Hospital Compare. Changes over one year compare to the Oct 2019 update. Changes over two years compare to the Oct 2018 update.
  2. median time from emergency department arrival to emergency department departure for discharged patients. Lower values are better. Refer to update frequency and current data collection period. Except where noted, all data come from the Oct 28, 2020 update at Hospital Compare. Changes over one year compare to the Oct 2019 update. Changes over two years compare to the Oct 2018 update.
  3. in state. Except where noted, all data come from the Oct 28, 2020 update at Hospital Compare. Changes over one year compare to the Oct 2019 update. Changes over two years compare to the Oct 2018 update.