Is the UW Health ER faster than average?

It is faster than 12% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

3h 37mmedian time
in this ER

UW Health ER wait time

Emergency room · Rockford, IL

Faster than 12% of US ERs · #3,581 of 4,081

Directions Call IL ranking

1h 09m slower than the US median

This ERIL 2h 53mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen2%

ER visits a year72,676

1401 East State Street, Rockford, IL 61104

(815) 968-4400

Patients sent home from the emergency room at UW Health in Rockford, Illinois spend a median of 3 hours 37 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 1 hour 9 minutes more than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and slower than the Illinois median of 2 hours 53 minutes. 2% of patients left before being seen.

ERs near Rockford

Saint Anthony Medical CenterRockford, IL · 4.0 miFaster than 10% of US ERs3h 43min the ER Javon Bea HospitalRockford, IL · 6.1 miFaster than 4% of US ERs4h 18min the ER Beloit Health SystemBeloit, WI · 20 miFaster than 66% of US ERs2h 09min the ER Rochelle Community HospitalRochelle, IL · 21 miFaster than 92% of US ERs1h 36min the ER Mercy Harvard HospitalHarvard, IL · 27 miFaster than 75% of US ERs1h 58min the ER SSM Health St Mary's Hospital - JanesvilleJanesville, WI · 28 miFaster than 58% of US ERs2h 18min the ER Mercy Health System CorpJanesville, WI · 28 miFaster than 41% of US ERs2h 41min the ER FHN Memorial HospitalFreeport, IL · 29 miFaster than 26% of US ERs3h 06min the ER

Questions

How long is the wait at the UW Health ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 3 hours 37 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 12% 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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