Is the Thomas Jefferson University Hospital ER faster than average?

It is faster than 7% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

3h 56mmedian time
in this ER

Thomas Jefferson University Hospital ER wait time

Emergency room · Philadelphia, PA

Faster than 7% of US ERs · #3,791 of 4,081

Directions Call PA ranking

1h 28m slower than the US median

This ERPA 3h 08mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen2%

ER visits a year125,757

111 South 11Th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107

(215) 955-6000

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania spend a median of 3 hours 56 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 1 hour 28 minutes more than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and slower than the Pennsylvania median of 3 hours 8 minutes. 2% of patients left before being seen.

ERs near Philadelphia

Pennsylvania HospitalPhiladelphia, PA · 0.3 miFaster than 2% of US ERs4h 40min the ER Penn Presbyterian Medical CenterPhiladelphia, PA · 2.1 miFaster than 1% of US ERs5h 26min the ER Hospital of Univ of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA · 2.2 miFaster than 2% of US ERs4h 50min the ER Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes HospitalCamden, NJ · 2.7 miFaster than 36% of US ERs2h 48min the ER Cooper University HospitalCamden, NJ · 2.8 miFaster than 16% of US ERs3h 25min the ER Temple University HospitalPhiladelphia, PA · 4.2 miFaster than 6% of US ERs4h 03min the ER Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia HospitalPhiladelphia, PA · 6.0 miFaster than 3% of US ERs4h 28min the ER Mercy Catholic Medical Center- Mercy FitzgeraldDarby, PA · 6.2 miFaster than 10% of US ERs3h 43min the ER

Questions

How long is the wait at the Thomas Jefferson University Hospital ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 3 hours 56 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 7% 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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