Is the Dch Regional Medical Center ER faster than average?

It is faster than 7% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

3h 57mmedian time
in this ER

Dch Regional Medical Center ER wait time

Emergency room · Tuscaloosa, AL

Faster than 7% of US ERs · #3,794 of 4,081

Directions Call AL ranking

1h 29m slower than the US median

This ERAL 2h 27mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen4%

ER visits a year100,971

809 University Boulevard East, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401

(205) 759-7111

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Dch Regional Medical Center in Tuscaloosa, Alabama spend a median of 3 hours 57 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 1 hour 29 minutes more than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and slower than the Alabama median of 2 hours 27 minutes. 4% of patients left before being seen.

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Questions

How long is the wait at the Dch Regional Medical Center ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 3 hours 57 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 7% 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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