Is the S E Lackey Memorial Hospital ER faster than average?

It is faster than 92% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

1h 37mmedian time
in this ER

S E Lackey Memorial Hospital ER wait time

Emergency room · Forest, MS

Faster than 92% of US ERs · #338 of 4,081

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51m faster than the US median

This ERMS 2h 05mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen1%

ER visits a year8,385

330 N Broad Street, Forest, MS 39074

(601) 469-4151

Patients sent home from the emergency room at S E Lackey Memorial Hospital in Forest, Mississippi spend a median of 1 hour 37 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 51 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.

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Questions

How long is the wait at the S E Lackey Memorial Hospital ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 1 hour 37 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 92% 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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