Is the Uf Health Shands Hospital ER faster than average?

It is faster than 5% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

4h 08mmedian time
in this ER

Uf Health Shands Hospital ER wait time

Emergency room · Gainesville, FL

Faster than 5% of US ERs · #3,871 of 4,081

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1h 40m slower than the US median

This ERFL 2h 29mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen4%

ER visits a year143,263

1600 Sw Archer Rd, Gainesville, FL 32610

(352) 265-8000

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Uf Health Shands Hospital in Gainesville, Florida spend a median of 4 hours 8 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 1 hour 40 minutes more than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and slower than the Florida median of 2 hours 29 minutes. 4% of patients left before being seen.

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Questions

How long is the wait at the Uf Health Shands Hospital ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 4 hours 8 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 5% 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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