Which Philly-area hospitals have the busiest emergency departments? Check your local hospital.
Emergency departments in three hospitals in the region had fewer than 20,000 annual visits, the lowest volume category designated by the federal government.
Nearly one in three Philadelphia-area emergency departments are bustling by national standards.
Cooper University Hospital in Camden, Temple University Hospital in North Philadelphia, the Hospital of the University of Philadelphia in West Philly, and multiple Jefferson Health hospitals on both sides of the Delaware River are among the local EDs receiving more than 60,000 patients a year — the federal government’s threshold for comparing the nation’s busiest EDs.
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services reports categories of ED patient volume — from low to very high — to allow comparison of quality measures, such as how long patient visits last. The most recent data is for 2022.
Three financially struggling Philadelphia-area hospitals received fewer than 19,999 annual visits to their EDs: Crozer Health’s Delaware County Memorial Hospital (no longer offering emergency services), and Prime Healthcare’s Suburban Community Hospital and Lower Bucks Hospital. (The Prime hospitals in recent years have rented unused hospital space as movie sets.)
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