Is the Brookings Health System ER faster than average?

It is faster than 92% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

1h 37mmedian time
in this ER

Brookings Health System ER wait time

Emergency room · Brookings, SD

Faster than 92% of US ERs · #331 of 4,081

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51m faster than the US median

This ERSD 1h 52mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen0%

ER visits a year10,742

300 22Nd Ave, Brookings, SD 57006

(605) 696-9000

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Brookings Health System in Brookings, South Dakota spend a median of 1 hour 37 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 51 minutes less than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and faster than the South Dakota median of 1 hour 52 minutes. 0% of patients left before being seen.

ERs near Brookings

Avera Flandreau Hospital - CahFlandreau, SD · 20 miFaster than 84% of US ERs1h 48min the ER Hendricks Community HospitalHendricks, MN · 22 miFaster than 78% of US ERs1h 55min the ER Pipestone County Medical CenterPipestone, MN · 29 miFaster than 63% of US ERs2h 12min the ER Madison Regional Health SystemMadison, SD · 29 miFaster than 89% of US ERs1h 41min the ER Avera Dells Area Hospital - CahDell Rapids, SD · 32 miFaster than 85% of US ERs1h 46min the ER Sanford Clear Lake Medical CenterClear Lake, SD · 33 miFaster than 93% of US ERs1h 33min the ER Avera Tyler HospitalTyler, MN · 33 miFaster than 80% of US ERs1h 52min the ER Sanford Canby Medical CenterCanby, MN · 38 miFaster than 85% of US ERs1h 46min the ER

Questions

How long is the wait at the Brookings Health System ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 1 hour 37 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 92% 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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