Is the Baptist Health Hardin ER faster than average?

It is faster than 27% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

3h 03mmedian time
in this ER

Baptist Health Hardin ER wait time

Emergency room · Elizabethtown, KY

Faster than 27% of US ERs · #2,941 of 4,081

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35m slower than the US median

This ERKY 2h 21mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen2%

ER visits a year73,560

913 North Dixie Avenue, Elizabethtown, KY 42701

(270) 737-1212

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Baptist Health Hardin in Elizabethtown, Kentucky spend a median of 3 hours 3 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 35 minutes more than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and slower than the Kentucky median of 2 hours 21 minutes. 2% of patients left before being seen.

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Questions

How long is the wait at the Baptist Health Hardin ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 3 hours 3 minutes in the ER, from arrival to departure (CMS, Oct 2024 to Sep 2025). Half of patients spend longer.

Is that a long wait?

It's longer than the US median of 2 hours 28 minutes. It's faster than 27% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number.

Where does this data come from?

From CMS Care Compare, measure OP-18b. How this works.

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