Is the Elkhart General Hospital ER faster than average?

It is faster than 21% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

3h 15mmedian time
in this ER

Elkhart General Hospital ER wait time

Emergency room · Elkhart, IN

Faster than 21% of US ERs · #3,208 of 4,081

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47m slower than the US median

This ERIN 2h 20mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen4%

ER visits a year47,761

600 E Blvd, Elkhart, IN 46514

(574) 294-2621

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Elkhart General Hospital in Elkhart, Indiana spend a median of 3 hours 15 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 47 minutes more than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and slower than the Indiana median of 2 hours 20 minutes. 4% of patients left before being seen.

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Questions

How long is the wait at the Elkhart General Hospital ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 3 hours 15 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 21% 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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