Emergency Room Waiting Times Increasing
June 24, 2009 by Liz Lewis
Filed under Exposed!, Health, Healthcare
Emergency Rooms account for nearly half of all hospital admissions so it’s not surprising that it turns into a waiting game for most patients.
A new report released today by Press Ganey Associates has found that there has been a 27 minute increase in waiting time in ER nationwide since 2002.
The report, ”2009 Emergency Department Pulse Report: Patient Perspectives on American Health Care”, which analysed the experiences of almost 1.4 million patients who were treated in 1,725 Emergency Departments during 2008.
Interesting facts from the report include…
South Dakota has the lowest total time spent in the emergency department (3 hours, 52 minutes) …read more
