You'd better like grapefruit -- a lot. Most versions of this diet recommend eating it with every meal. The classic version of the diet involves: Cutting back on sugar and carbs (including rice, potatoes, and pasta) Avoiding certain foods, such as celery and white onion.
As one of several measures of efficiency, the Medicare data shows the average wait time in an emergency department until the patient is seen by a doctor, nurse practitioner or physician's assistant â and compares that to state and national averages of 33 and 30 minutes.
The average wait time across the U.S. was actually down about 45 seconds in 2012, according to Vitals, and clocked in at 20 minutes and 15 seconds. Advertisement. Vitals, though, chose to highlight that the shortest average wait time in a state increased more than a minute from 2011 to 2012.octors in Alaska kept patients an average of about 16-and-a-quarter minutes last year; in 2011, Wisconsin doctors saw patients the quickest with an average wait time of 15-and-a-quarter minutes.