Is the Baptist Medical Center-Leake ER faster than average?

It is faster than 93% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

1h 34mmedian time
in this ER

Baptist Medical Center-Leake ER wait time

Emergency room · Carthage, MS

Faster than 93% of US ERs · #270 of 4,081

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54m faster than the US median

This ERMS 2h 05mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen1%

ER visits a year11,066

1100 Highway 16 East, Carthage, MS 39051

(601) 267-1422

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Baptist Medical Center-Leake in Carthage, Mississippi spend a median of 1 hour 34 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 54 minutes less than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and faster than the Mississippi median of 2 hours 5 minutes. 1% of patients left before being seen.

ERs near Carthage

Baptist Medical Center AttalaKosciusko, MS · 16 miFaster than 98% of US ERs1h 17min the ER Choctaw Health CenterPhiladelphia, MS · 23 miFaster than 94% of US ERs1h 31min the ER Neshoba County General HospitalPhiladelphia, MS · 23 miFaster than 92% of US ERs1h 37min the ER Ochsner Laird HospitalUnion, MS · 26 miFaster than 88% of US ERs1h 42min the ER S E Lackey Memorial HospitalForest, MS · 27 miFaster than 92% of US ERs1h 37min the ER Merit Health MadisonCanton, MS · 30 miFaster than 59% of US ERs2h 16min the ER Ochsner Scott RegionalMorton, MS · 34 miFaster than 97% of US ERs1h 22min the ER Winston Medical CenterLouisville, MS · 37 miFaster than 83% of US ERs1h 49min the ER

Questions

How long is the wait at the Baptist Medical Center-Leake ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 1 hour 34 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 shorter than the US median of 2 hours 28 minutes. It's faster than 93% 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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