Is the University of Alabama Hospital ER faster than average?

It is faster than 14% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

3h 31mmedian time
in this ER

University of Alabama Hospital ER wait time

Emergency room · Birmingham, AL

Faster than 14% of US ERs · #3,503 of 4,081

Directions Call AL ranking

1h 03m slower than the US median

This ERAL 2h 27mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen2%

ER visits a year142,026

619 South 19Th Street, Birmingham, AL 35233

(205) 934-4011

Patients sent home from the emergency room at University of Alabama Hospital in Birmingham, Alabama spend a median of 3 hours 31 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 1 hour 3 minutes more than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and slower than the Alabama median of 2 hours 27 minutes. 2% of patients left before being seen.

ERs near Birmingham

St Vincent's BirminghamBirmingham, AL · 1.0 miFaster than 6% of US ERs4h 03min the ER Baptist Health Brookwood HospitalBirmingham, AL · 3.1 miFaster than 43% of US ERs2h 38min the ER Princeton Baptist Medical CenterBirmingham, AL · 5.3 miFaster than 39% of US ERs2h 44min the ER Grandview Medical CenterBirmingham, AL · 5.8 miFaster than 32% of US ERs2h 54min the ER St. Vincent's EastBirmingham, AL · 12 miFaster than 43% of US ERs2h 38min the ER Medical West, an Affiliate of UAB Health SystemBessemer, AL · 15 miFaster than 51% of US ERs2h 27min the ER Shelby Baptist Medical CenterAlabaster, AL · 20 miFaster than 28% of US ERs3h 02min the ER St Vincent's St ClairPell City, AL · 31 miFaster than 46% of US ERs2h 34min the ER

Questions

How long is the wait at the University of Alabama Hospital ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 3 hours 31 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 14% 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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