How long for an emergency room visit?

Median visit times for patients in hospital emergency departments in the San Joaquin Valley in 2024. The longest average visit time was almost five hours; the shortest average was just over two hours. Zoom in and click or hover on a marker for hospital details.

Median times are the point at which half of emergency room visits took longer and half were shorter. Note 1: Markers in gray are hospitals for which median ER visit times for 2024 were not reported by the U.S. Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Madera Community Hospital was not open in 2024. Note 2: The national average was about 2 1/2 hours, while California's statewide average was about three hours.
Chart: Tim Sheehan / Central Valley Journalism CollaborativeSource: Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services; California Department of Health Care Access and InformationCreated with Datawrapper