When patients travel for emergency treatment at one of three Penn-affiliated hospitals in the Philadelphia region, they can expect to wait an average of four hours.
According to 2023-24 data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Penn’s two primary on-campus hospitals — the Penn Presbyterian Hospital and the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania — ranked second and fifth in wait times for the Philadelphia area. The CMS also found variation in care outcomes across Penn-affiliated hospitals.
The average wait time was four hours and 33 minutes at HUP, four hours and 43 minutes at Penn Presbyterian Hospital, and three hours and 48 minutes at Pennsylvania Hospital…