Is the Franklin General Hospital ER faster than average?

It is faster than 59% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

2h 16mmedian time
in this ER

Franklin General Hospital ER wait time

Emergency room · Hampton, IA

Faster than 59% of US ERs · #1,625 of 4,081

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12m faster than the US median

This ERIA 2h 00mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen1%

ER visits a year2,794

1720 Central Avenue East, Hampton, IA 50441

(641) 456-5000

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Franklin General Hospital in Hampton, Iowa spend a median of 2 hours 16 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 12 minutes less than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and slower than the Iowa median of 2 hours. 1% of patients left before being seen.

ERs near Hampton

Hansen Family HospitalIowa Falls, IA · 16 miFaster than 89% of US ERs1h 41min the ER Iowa Specialty Hospital - BelmondBelmond, IA · 22 miFaster than 95% of US ERs1h 28min the ER Iowa Specialty Hospital - ClarionClarion, IA · 27 miFaster than 84% of US ERs1h 48min the ER Mercyone North Iowa Medical CenterMason City, IA · 29 miFaster than 22% of US ERs3h 13min the ER Grundy County Memorial HospitalGrundy Center, IA · 34 miFaster than 97% of US ERs1h 21min the ER Van Diest Medical CenterWebster City, IA · 36 miFaster than 88% of US ERs1h 43min the ER Floyd County Medical CenterCharles City, IA · 37 miFaster than 36% of US ERs2h 48min the ER Waverly Health CenterWaverly, IA · 40 miFaster than 44% of US ERs2h 37min the ER

Questions

How long is the wait at the Franklin General Hospital ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 2 hours 16 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 shorter than the US median of 2 hours 28 minutes. It's faster than 59% 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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