Is the Lakeland Hospital, St Joseph ER faster than average?

It is faster than 47% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

2h 33mmedian time
in this ER

Lakeland Hospital, St Joseph ER wait time

Emergency room · St Joseph, MI

Faster than 47% of US ERs · #2,166 of 4,081

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5m slower than the US median

This ERMI 2h 38mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen2%

ER visits a year73,694

1234 Napier Avenue, St Joseph, MI 49085

(269) 983-8300

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Lakeland Hospital, St Joseph in St Joseph, Michigan spend a median of 2 hours 33 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 5 minutes more than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and faster than the Michigan median of 2 hours 38 minutes. 2% of patients left before being seen.

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Questions

How long is the wait at the Lakeland Hospital, St Joseph ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 2 hours 33 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 47% 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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