Is the Waterbury Hospital ER faster than average?

It is faster than 9% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

3h 47mmedian time
in this ER

Waterbury Hospital ER wait time

Emergency room · Waterbury, CT

Faster than 9% of US ERs · #3,696 of 4,081

Directions Call CT ranking

1h 19m slower than the US median

This ERCT 3h 18mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen3%

ER visits a year37,147

64 Robbins St, Waterbury, CT 06721

(203) 573-6000

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Waterbury Hospital in Waterbury, Connecticut spend a median of 3 hours 47 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 1 hour 19 minutes more than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and slower than the Connecticut median of 3 hours 18 minutes. 3% of patients left before being seen.

ERs near Waterbury

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Questions

How long is the wait at the Waterbury Hospital ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 3 hours 47 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 9% 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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