By: Jeffrey Maser  Feb. 12, 2018

Dexur analysts recently examined all Medicare cellulitis discharge data for major Kentucky hospitals in 2016 and found that University of Louisville Hospital had the lowest average length of stay (LOS) at 3.16 days. Three other hospitals also reported an average LOS under 3.5 days; Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital, located in Somerset, ranked 2nd with a 3.21 day average LOS, Norton Brownsboro Hospital in Louisville ranked 3rd with a 3.24 day average LOS, and St. Elizabeth Florence ranked 4th with an average length of stay of 3.47 days. Norton Women’s & Children’s Hospital, yet another facility in Louisville, rounded out the top 5 with a 3.56 day average length of stay.