Is the Clay County Hospital ER faster than average?

It is faster than 94% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

1h 31mmedian time
in this ER

Clay County Hospital ER wait time

Emergency room · Ashland, AL

Faster than 94% of US ERs · #221 of 4,081

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57m faster than the US median

This ERAL 2h 27mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen0%

ER visits a year4,633

83825 Highway 9 P O Box 1270, Ashland, AL 36251

(256) 354-2131

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Clay County Hospital in Ashland, Alabama spend a median of 1 hour 31 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 57 minutes less than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and faster than the Alabama median of 2 hours 27 minutes. 0% of patients left before being seen.

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Questions

How long is the wait at the Clay County Hospital ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 1 hour 31 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 94% 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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