Is the Salem Township Hospital ER faster than average?

It is faster than 51% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

2h 26mmedian time
in this ER

Salem Township Hospital ER wait time

Emergency room · Salem, IL

Faster than 51% of US ERs · #1,982 of 4,081

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2m faster than the US median

This ERIL 2h 53mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen2%

ER visits a year7,553

1201 Ricker Drive, Salem, IL 62881

(618) 548-3194

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Salem Township Hospital in Salem, Illinois spend a median of 2 hours 26 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 2 minutes less than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and faster than the Illinois median of 2 hours 53 minutes. 2% of patients left before being seen.

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Questions

How long is the wait at the Salem Township Hospital ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 2 hours 26 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 51% 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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