By: Saparja Nag  Feb. 22, 2018

As the only hospital in the state of Missouri with more than 1,000 gastrointestinal hemorrhage discharges among Medicare inpatients over four years, Barnes - Jewish Hospital in Saint Louis far surpassed all other Missouri hospitals for the same condition. Between January 2013 and December 2016, they discharged 1,135 patients diagnosed with gastrointestinal hemorrhages. They were also the leading hospital for GI hemorrhage discharges in 2016 alone, with 250 discharges between January and December 2016. Mercy Hospital Springfield followed Barnes - Jewish Hospital for both time periods with 889 discharges over four years and 212 during 2016. For 2013 - 2016, Missouri Baptist Medical Center ranked 3rd with 875 discharges, followed by Cox Medical Center South in 4th with 763 discharges and the 5th ranked Mercy Hospital St. Louis with 743 discharges.