Is the Christiana Hospital ER faster than average?

It is faster than 2% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

4h 32mmedian time
in this ER

Christiana Hospital ER wait time

Emergency room · Newark, DE

Faster than 2% of US ERs · #3,975 of 4,081

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2h 04m slower than the US median

This ERDE 4h 12mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen6%

ER visits a year208,765

4755 Ogletown-Stanton Road, Newark, DE 19718

(302) 733-3609

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Christiana Hospital in Newark, Delaware spend a median of 4 hours 32 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 2 hours 4 minutes more than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and slower than the Delaware median of 4 hours 12 minutes. 6% of patients left before being seen.

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Questions

How long is the wait at the Christiana Hospital ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 4 hours 32 minutes in the ER, from arrival to departure (CMS, Oct 2024 to Sep 2025). Half of patients spend longer.

Is that a long wait?

It's longer than the US median of 2 hours 28 minutes. It's faster than 2% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number.

Where does this data come from?

From CMS Care Compare, measure OP-18b. How this works.

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