IOWA CITY - According to a national study, the longest average visits for emergency medical care were in Arizona - nearly five hours.
Close behind are Maryland and Utah where patients wait just over four hours.
Midwesterners may want to think twice before complaining about long emergency room waits.
According to the study, Iowa is the quickest place in the country to get emergency medical attention. The average visit there lasts two hours and 18 minutes.
Nebraska is second at two hours, 26 minutes, followed by South Dakota at two hours, 28 minutes.
According to a study from Press Ganey Associates, the national average is three hours, 42 minutes.
The Indiana-based company measures patient satisfaction.
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