Have you ever been very ill or seriously injured and couldn’t decide which hospital to go to? Of course, the most common option is the closest hospital, but sometimes that’s not the best option – unless it’s a life-threatening emergency, of course. But fortunately for us, Iowa has several first-rate options when it comes to hospitals. According to Health Grove, the following 10 hospitals are the best in Iowa:

  1. University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City

University of Iowa/Flickr Bed Count: 711; Type: Public teaching hospital and level 1 trauma center

  1. Allen Hospital, Waterloo

RifeIdeas/Wikimedia Commons Bed Count: 228; Type: Not-for-profit community hospital

  1. Trinity, Bettendorf

KJWW Bed Count: 139; Type: General medical and surgical

  1. Genesis Medical Center, Davenport

Ctjf83/Wikimedia Commons Bed Count: 347; Type: General medical and surgical

  1. Mercy Medical Center, Des Moines

Tim Bungert/Flickr Bed Count: 656; Type: Not-for-profit Catholic hospital

  1. St. Luke’s Hospital, Cedar Rapids

Mehrdad Zarifkar/Flickr Bed Count: 532; Type: General medical and surgical

  1. Iowa Methodist Medical Center, Des Moines

Carol VanHook/Flickr Bed Count: 370; Type: General medical and surgical

  1. Mercy Medical Center, Cedar Rapids

anothertom/Flickr Bed Count: 314; Type: Roman Catholic hospital

  1. Alegent Health Mercy Hospital, Council Bluffs

CHI Health Bed Count: 163; Type: General medical and surgical

  1. Mercy Medical Center, Sioux City

Mercy Medical Center - Sioux City/Facebook Bed Count: 238; Type: General medical and surgical

What do you think? Do you agree that these are the 10 best hospitals in Iowa? Share your thoughts below!

University of Iowa/Flickr

Bed Count: 711; Type: Public teaching hospital and level 1 trauma center

RifeIdeas/Wikimedia Commons

Bed Count: 228; Type: Not-for-profit community hospital

KJWW

Bed Count: 139; Type: General medical and surgical

Ctjf83/Wikimedia Commons

Bed Count: 347; Type: General medical and surgical

Tim Bungert/Flickr

Bed Count: 656; Type: Not-for-profit Catholic hospital

Mehrdad Zarifkar/Flickr

Bed Count: 532; Type: General medical and surgical

Carol VanHook/Flickr

Bed Count: 370; Type: General medical and surgical

anothertom/Flickr

Bed Count: 314; Type: Roman Catholic hospital

CHI Health

Bed Count: 163; Type: General medical and surgical

Mercy Medical Center - Sioux City/Facebook

Bed Count: 238; Type: General medical and surgical

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