Is the Merit Health River Region ER faster than average?

It is faster than 71% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

2h 03mmedian time
in this ER

Merit Health River Region ER wait time

Emergency room · Vicksburg, MS

Faster than 71% of US ERs · #1,169 of 4,081

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25m faster than the US median

This ERMS 2h 05mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen1%

ER visits a year17,828

2100 Hwy 61 N, Vicksburg, MS 39183

(601) 883-5000

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Merit Health River Region in Vicksburg, Mississippi spend a median of 2 hours 3 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 25 minutes less than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and faster than the Mississippi median of 2 hours 5 minutes. 1% of patients left before being seen.

ERs near Vicksburg

Madison Parish HospitalTallulah, LA · 25 miFaster than 69% of US ERs2h 05min the ER Baptist Medical Center-YazooYazoo City, MS · 32 miFaster than 97% of US ERs1h 22min the ER East Carroll Parish HospitalLake Providence, LA · 34 miFaster than 95% of US ERs1h 29min the ER Merit Health CentralJackson, MS · 36 miFaster than 94% of US ERs1h 31min the ER Richland Parish Hospital-DelhiDelhi, LA · 39 miFaster than 42% of US ERs2h 40min the ER Mississippi Baptist Medical CenterJackson, MS · 40 miFaster than 14% of US ERs3h 31min the ER University of Mississippi Med CenterJackson, MS · 40 miFaster than 25% of US ERs3h 09min the ER St Dominic-Jackson Memorial HospitalJackson, MS · 40 miFaster than 5% of US ERs4h 10min the ER

Questions

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

The median patient who is sent home spends 2 hours 3 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 71% 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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