Is the Elmore Community Hospital ER faster than average?

It is faster than 82% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

1h 50mmedian time
in this ER

Elmore Community Hospital ER wait time

Emergency room · Wetumpka, AL

Faster than 82% of US ERs · #712 of 4,081

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38m faster than the US median

This ERAL 2h 27mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen3%

ER visits a year10,773

500 Hospital Drive, Wetumpka, AL 36092

(334) 567-4311

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Elmore Community Hospital in Wetumpka, Alabama spend a median of 1 hour 50 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 38 minutes less than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and faster than the Alabama median of 2 hours 27 minutes. 3% of patients left before being seen.

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Questions

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

The median patient who is sent home spends 1 hour 50 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 82% 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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