Is the Fairfield Memorial Hospital 1 ER faster than average?

It is faster than 89% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

1h 41mmedian time
in this ER

Fairfield Memorial Hospital 1 ER wait time

Emergency room · Fairfield, IL

Faster than 89% of US ERs · #429 of 4,081

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47m faster than the US median

This ERIL 2h 53mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen2%

ER visits a year7,716

303 N W 11Th Street, Fairfield, IL 62837

(618) 842-2611

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Fairfield Memorial Hospital 1 in Fairfield, Illinois spend a median of 1 hour 41 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 47 minutes less than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and faster than the Illinois median of 2 hours 53 minutes. 2% of patients left before being seen.

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Questions

How long is the wait at the Fairfield Memorial Hospital 1 ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 1 hour 41 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 89% 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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