35 Benchmarks for Rural Hospital Emergency Departments

Data is from iVantage Health Analytics, which has a client base representing more than 10 percent of U.S. hospitals and more than 10 percent of the country's critical access hospitals. Its fifth annual National Rural Emergency Department Study aims to establish a baseline for comparison with national industry statistics that are influenced by the larger patient volumes of urban medical centers.

Data is based off data for 2.8 million total ED visits, which was collected by iVantage's EDManage tool, and 2011 figures represent those from the calendar year.

Inpatient admission rate
2011: 5.1 percent
2010: 5.3 percent
2009: 5.5 percent
2008: 5.9 percent
2007: 6.6 percent

Observation admission rate
2011: 3.2 percent
2010: 3.4 percent
2009: 2.9 percent
2008: 2.3 percent
2007: 2.1 percent

Total admission rate
2011: 8.3 percent
2010: 8.7 percent
2009: 8.4 percent
2008: 8.2 percent
2007: 8.7 percent

Transfer rate
2011: 3.9 percent
2010: 3.8 percent
2009: 3.6 percent
2008: 3.7 percent
2007: 3.6 percent

Mean time to medical screening exam
2011: 30 minutes
2010: 28 minutes
2009: 31 minutes
2008: 31 minutes
2007: 30 minutes

Mean total ED time
2011: 122 minutes
2010: 119 minutes
2009: 123 minutes
2008: 120 minutes
2007: 119 minutes

Median total ED time
2011: 100 minutes
2010: 98 minutes
2009: 109 minutes
2008: 99 minutes
2007: 110 minutes

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