Is the Palo Alto County Hospital ER faster than average?

It is faster than 88% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

1h 43mmedian time
in this ER

Palo Alto County Hospital ER wait time

Emergency room · Emmetsburg, IA

Faster than 88% of US ERs · #494 of 4,081

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45m faster than the US median

This ERIA 2h 00mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen0%

ER visits a year3,017

3201 1St Street, Emmetsburg, IA 50536

(712) 852-5500

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Palo Alto County Hospital in Emmetsburg, Iowa spend a median of 1 hour 43 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 45 minutes less than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and faster than the Iowa median of 2 hours. 0% of patients left before being seen.

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Questions

How long is the wait at the Palo Alto County Hospital ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 1 hour 43 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 88% 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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