Fact Based List:

Top Five States by Lowest Average Emergency Department Patient Wait Times

  1. Iowa - 175 minutes
  2. South Dakota - 179 minutes
  3. North Dakota - 187 minutes
  4. Nebraska - 188 minutes
  5. Minnesota - 191 minutes

Source: Press Ganey: The 2010 Emergency Department Pulse Report
Source URL: http://www.pressganey.com/galleries/default-file/2010_ED_Pul...
Notes: Represents the experiences of1,399,047 patients treated at 1,725 hospitals nationwide between January 1 and December 31, 2008