Is the Calais Community Hospital ER faster than average?

It is faster than 46% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

2h 34mmedian time
in this ER

Calais Community Hospital ER wait time

Emergency room · Calais, ME

Faster than 46% of US ERs · #2,186 of 4,081

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6m slower than the US median

This ERME 2h 38mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen3%

ER visits a year7,821

24 Hospital Lane, Calais, ME 04619

(207) 454-7521

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Calais Community Hospital in Calais, Maine spend a median of 2 hours 34 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 6 minutes more than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and faster than the Maine median of 2 hours 38 minutes. 3% of patients left before being seen.

ERs near Calais

Down East Community HospitalMachias, ME · 34 miFaster than 21% of US ERs3h 15min the ER Northern Light Maine Coast HospitalEllsworth, ME · 66 miFaster than 16% of US ERs3h 26min the ER Penobscot Valley HospitalLincoln, ME · 67 miFaster than 67% of US ERs2h 07min the ER Mount Desert Island HospitalBar Harbor, ME · 73 miFaster than 65% of US ERs2h 10min the ER Houlton Regional HospitalHoulton, ME · 79 miFaster than 22% of US ERs3h 14min the ER Northern Light Blue Hill Memorial HospitalBlue Hill, ME · 82 miFaster than 75% of US ERs1h 58min the ER Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical CenterBangor, ME · 82 miFaster than 12% of US ERs3h 39min the ER St Joseph HospitalBangor, ME · 82 miFaster than 26% of US ERs3h 06min the ER

Questions

How long is the wait at the Calais Community Hospital ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 2 hours 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 longer than the US median of 2 hours 28 minutes. It's faster than 46% 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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