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Hospitals & Nursing Homes in Kentucky

Last updated: December 2025.

At a glance

103
Hospitals
269
Nursing homes

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Highlights

Top-performing facilities in Kentucky based on official federal data.

Fastest emergency rooms

Hospitals with shortest typical ER wait times (lower is better):

Hospital City Wait
Arh Our Lady of the Way Martin 1h 20m
Livingston Hospital and Healthcare Services, Inc. Salem 1h 30m
Bluegrass Community Hospital Versailles 1h 32m
Cumberland County Hospital Burkesville 1h 32m
Casey County Hospital Liberty 1h 33m
McDowell Arh Hospital Mc Dowell 1h 33m
Mary Breckinridge Arh Hospital Hyden 1h 36m
Marshall County Hospital Benton 1h 38m
The James B. Haggin Memorial Hospital Harrodsburg 1h 39m
Methodist Hospital Union County Morganfield 1h 40m

Best Registered Nurse (RN) staffing

Nursing homes with most RN hours per resident per day (higher is better):

Nursing home City RN hrs
T J Samson Community Hospital Glasgow 5.25
Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital Scu Somerset 5.02
St. Elizabeth Ft Thomas Snf Fort Thomas 4.87
Baptist Health Hardin Elizabethtown 3.58
The Transitional Care Center of Owensboro Owensboro 3.34
St. Elizabeth Edgewood Snf Edgewood 3.01
Home of the Innocents Louisville 2.39
Rockcastle Regional Hospital and Respiratory Care Mount Vernon 2.28
Breckinridge Memorial Nursing Facility Hardinsburg 1.84
Cardinal Hill Skilled Rehabilitation Unit Lexington 1.79

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