Is the Bayhealth Medical Center, Kent Campus ER faster than average?

It is faster than 3% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

4h 28mmedian time
in this ER

Bayhealth Medical Center, Kent Campus ER wait time

Emergency room · Dover, DE

Faster than 3% of US ERs · #3,962 of 4,081

Directions Call DE ranking

2h 00m slower than the US median

This ERDE 4h 12mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen3%

ER visits a year74,311

640 S State Street, Dover, DE 19901

(302) 744-7001

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Bayhealth Medical Center, Kent Campus in Dover, Delaware spend a median of 4 hours 28 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 2 hours more than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and slower than the Delaware median of 4 hours 12 minutes. 3% of patients left before being seen.

ERs near Dover

Bayhealth Hospital, Sussex CampusMilford, DE · 17 miFaster than 5% of US ERs4h 12min the ER Inspira Medical Center Mullica HillElmer, NJ · 30 miFaster than 26% of US ERs3h 07min the ER University of Md Shore Medical Ctr at ChestertownChestertown, MD · 33 miFaster than 27% of US ERs3h 05min the ER Inspira Medical Center VinelandVineland, NJ · 33 miFaster than 19% of US ERs3h 21min the ER Cape Regional Medical Center IncCape May Court House, NJ · 35 miFaster than 11% of US ERs3h 42min the ER Beebe Medical CenterLewes, DE · 35 miFaster than 32% of US ERs2h 54min the ER Union Hospital of Cecil CountyElkton, MD · 37 miFaster than 9% of US ERs3h 48min the ER Christiana HospitalNewark, DE · 37 miFaster than 2% of US ERs4h 32min the ER

Questions

How long is the wait at the Bayhealth Medical Center, Kent Campus ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 4 hours 28 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 3% 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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