Is the Forrest City Medical Center ER faster than average?

It is faster than 48% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

2h 30mmedian time
in this ER

Forrest City Medical Center ER wait time

Emergency room · Forrest City, AR

Faster than 48% of US ERs · #2,084 of 4,081

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2m slower than the US median

This ERAR 2h 10mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen2%

ER visits a year17,492

1601 Newcastle Road, Forrest City, AR 72335

(870) 261-0000

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Forrest City Medical Center in Forrest City, Arkansas spend a median of 2 hours 30 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 2 minutes more than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and slower than the Arkansas median of 2 hours 10 minutes. 2% of patients left before being seen.

ERs near Forrest City

Crossridge Community HospitalWynne, AR · 17 miFaster than 86% of US ERs1h 45min the ER Baptist Memorial Hospital-Crittenden, IncWest Memphis, AR · 33 miFaster than 57% of US ERs2h 19min the ER Regional One HealthMemphis, TN · 41 miFaster than 2% of US ERs4h 54min the ER Baptist Memorial Hospital DesotoSouthaven, MS · 42 miFaster than 4% of US ERs4h 19min the ER Methodist Hospitals of MemphisMemphis, TN · 43 miFaster than 9% of US ERs3h 48min the ER Unity Health - NewportNewport, AR · 49 miFaster than 88% of US ERs1h 43min the ER St Francis HospitalMemphis, TN · 51 miFaster than 48% of US ERs2h 30min the ER Baptist Memorial HospitalMemphis, TN · 51 miFaster than 28% of US ERs3h 02min the ER

Questions

How long is the wait at the Forrest City Medical Center ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 2 hours 30 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 48% 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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