Is the Thomas Hospital ER faster than average?

It is faster than 25% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

3h 08mmedian time
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Thomas Hospital ER wait time

Emergency room · Fairhope, AL

Faster than 25% of US ERs · #3,060 of 4,081

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40m slower than the US median

This ERAL 2h 27mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen5%

ER visits a year28,834

750 Morphy Avenue, Fairhope, AL 36532

(251) 928-2375

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Thomas Hospital in Fairhope, Alabama spend a median of 3 hours 8 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 40 minutes more than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and slower than the Alabama median of 2 hours 27 minutes. 5% of patients left before being seen.

ERs near Fairhope

Baldwin HealthFoley, AL · 10 miFaster than 56% of US ERs2h 20min the ER Mobile Infirmary Medical CenterMobile, AL · 21 miFaster than 27% of US ERs3h 05min the ER USA Health University HospitalMobile, AL · 21 miFaster than 14% of US ERs3h 31min the ER North Baldwin InfirmaryBay Minette, AL · 27 miFaster than 29% of US ERs3h 00min the ER USA Health HCA Providence Hospital, LLCMobile, AL · 29 miFaster than 14% of US ERs3h 32min the ER Springhill Medical CenterMobile, AL · 30 miFaster than 51% of US ERs2h 27min the ER HCA Florida West HospitalPensacola, FL · 38 miFaster than 76% of US ERs1h 57min the ER Baptist HospitalPensacola, FL · 39 miFaster than 19% of US ERs3h 21min the ER

Questions

How long is the wait at the Thomas Hospital ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 3 hours 8 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 25% 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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