In the U.S., expensive healthcare doesn’t correlate with high-quality service — and wait times for the emergency room are a prime example of that.
The average wait time for the ER in the U.S. is approximately two hours and 25 minutes, but some states see wait times as long as four hours, according to Florida-based personal injury attorneys from The Schiller Kessler Group. During a life-threatening emergency, it’s hard to imagine waiting that long to be admitted to the ER, but it’s a reality many Americans face, explains Stacey Judson, an ER nurse at Rochester General Hospital.
