Is the St Francis Hospital ER faster than average?

It is faster than 23% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

3h 12mmedian time
in this ER

St Francis Hospital ER wait time

Emergency room · Wilmington, DE

Faster than 23% of US ERs · #3,141 of 4,081

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44m slower than the US median

This ERDE 4h 12mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen8%

ER visits a year27,251

7Th And Clayton Sts, Wilmington, DE 19805

(302) 421-4100

Patients sent home from the emergency room at St Francis Hospital in Wilmington, Delaware spend a median of 3 hours 12 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 44 minutes more than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and faster than the Delaware median of 4 hours 12 minutes. 8% of patients left before being seen.

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Questions

How long is the wait at the St Francis Hospital ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 3 hours 12 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 23% 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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