Is the Valley West Community Hospital ER faster than average?

It is faster than 59% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

2h 16mmedian time
in this ER

Valley West Community Hospital ER wait time

Emergency room · Sandwich, IL

Faster than 59% of US ERs · #1,655 of 4,081

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12m faster than the US median

This ERIL 2h 53mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen1%

ER visits a year9,249

1301 North Main Street, Sandwich, IL 60548

(815) 786-8484

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Valley West Community Hospital in Sandwich, Illinois spend a median of 2 hours 16 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 12 minutes less than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and faster than the Illinois median of 2 hours 53 minutes. 1% of patients left before being seen.

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Questions

How long is the wait at the Valley West Community Hospital ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 2 hours 16 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 59% 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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