Is the Scripps Memorial Hospital - Encinitas ER faster than average?

It is faster than 19% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

3h 20mmedian time
in this ER

Scripps Memorial Hospital - Encinitas ER wait time

Emergency room · Encinitas, CA

Faster than 19% of US ERs · #3,302 of 4,081

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52m slower than the US median

This ERCA 2h 54mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen1%

ER visits a year63,457

354 Santa Fe Drive, Encinitas, CA 92024

(760) 753-6501

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Scripps Memorial Hospital - Encinitas in Encinitas, California spend a median of 3 hours 20 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 52 minutes more than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and slower than the California median of 2 hours 54 minutes. 1% of patients left before being seen.

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Questions

How long is the wait at the Scripps Memorial Hospital - Encinitas ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 3 hours 20 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 19% 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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