Is the South Shore Hospital ER faster than average?

It is faster than 8% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

3h 53mmedian time
in this ER

South Shore Hospital ER wait time

Emergency room · South Weymouth, MA

Faster than 8% of US ERs · #3,759 of 4,081

Directions Call MA ranking

1h 25m slower than the US median

This ERMA 3h 34mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen2%

ER visits a year125,456

55 Fogg Road, South Weymouth, MA 02190

(781) 340-8000

Patients sent home from the emergency room at South Shore Hospital in South Weymouth, Massachusetts spend a median of 3 hours 53 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 1 hour 25 minutes more than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and slower than the Massachusetts median of 3 hours 34 minutes. 2% of patients left before being seen.

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Questions

How long is the wait at the South Shore Hospital ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 3 hours 53 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 8% 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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