beat out by
Lawrence Memorial Hospital in Walnut Ridge, AR (14 mins),
Dewitt Hospital & Nursing Home, Inc in De Witt, AR (15 mins),
Little River Memorial Hospital in Ashdown, AR (22 mins), and
Dallas County Medical Center in Fordyce, AR (25 mins), and 3 others, ending with
Howard Memorial Hospital in Nashville, AR (35 mins).
tied with
Izard County Medical Center, LLC in Calico Rock, AR (37 mins).
Incidentally, all 9 are better than the national average in timeliness of care. All 9 are hospitals whose emergency department volume is low. All 9 provide emergency services.beat
Fulton County Hospital in Salem, AR (42 mins),
Eureka Springs Hospital Commission in Eureka Springs, AR (42 mins),
Chicot Memorial Medical Center in Lake Village, AR (44 mins), and
Wadley Regional Medical Center at Hope in Hope, AR (44 mins), and others, ending with
Uams Medical Center in Little Rock, AR (213 mins).
20 out of the other 85 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., Northwest Health Physicians Specialty Hospital in Fayetteville, AR.