Is the Merit Health River Oaks ER faster than average?

It is faster than 61% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

2h 14mmedian time
in this ER

Merit Health River Oaks ER wait time

Emergency room · Flowood, MS

Faster than 61% of US ERs · #1,577 of 4,081

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14m faster than the US median

This ERMS 2h 05mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen1%

ER visits a year25,417

1030 River Oaks Drive, Flowood, MS 39232

(601) 932-1030

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Merit Health River Oaks in Flowood, Mississippi spend a median of 2 hours 14 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 14 minutes less than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and slower than the Mississippi median of 2 hours 5 minutes. 1% of patients left before being seen.

ERs near Flowood

St Dominic-Jackson Memorial HospitalJackson, MS · 4.2 miFaster than 5% of US ERs4h 10min the ER University of Mississippi Med CenterJackson, MS · 4.4 miFaster than 25% of US ERs3h 09min the ER Mississippi Baptist Medical CenterJackson, MS · 5.2 miFaster than 14% of US ERs3h 31min the ER Merit Health CentralJackson, MS · 9.6 miFaster than 94% of US ERs1h 31min the ER Crossgates River Oaks HospitalBrandon, MS · 15 miFaster than 92% of US ERs1h 35min the ER Merit Health MadisonCanton, MS · 21 miFaster than 59% of US ERs2h 16min the ER Ochsner Scott RegionalMorton, MS · 25 miFaster than 97% of US ERs1h 22min the ER Simpson General Hospital CahMendenhall, MS · 31 miFaster than 92% of US ERs1h 36min the ER

Questions

How long is the wait at the Merit Health River Oaks ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 2 hours 14 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 61% 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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