Bridgeport Hospital
267 Grant Street, Bridgeport, CT 06610
Patients Treated
116,754
Total emergency patients
Patients Admitted
17,763
Total admitted patients in 2025
Percentage of Patients Boarded
39.2%
Patients staying in ED ≥4h after admission
Boarding Level in 2025
Status: High
In 2025, the percentage of patients that remained in the ED for 4 hours or more after admit decision was: 39.2%
Peer benchmark
Peer Group Comparison
This Hospital: Large Hospital (>80K annual ED volume)
Peer Median: 33.9% of patients boarded
Peer groups are based on annual ED volume:
- Small: <40K visits
- Medium: 40K-80K visits
- Large: >80K visits
33.9%
Year-over-Year Change
2024: 32.6% → 2025: 39.2% (▲ +6.6%)
Hospital Information
Bridgeport Hospital is part of the nonprofit Yale New Haven Health System located in Bridgeport CT. The Emergency Department encompasses two sites, in Bridgeport CT and Milford CT. They have 501 inpatient beds (105 in Milford) and in 2023 they saw over 115,000 emergency department patients. Bridgeport is a level II trauma center and the state's only Burn Center. It is a teaching facility with ED residents from Yale.
Hospital Beds
501
Total capacity
Annual ED Volume
116,754
Emergency visits per year
Average Time
4.7 hrs
From ED arrival to admit order