Is the Hood Memorial Hospital ER faster than average?

It is faster than 97% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

1h 22mmedian time
in this ER

Hood Memorial Hospital ER wait time

Emergency room · Amite, LA

Faster than 97% of US ERs · #112 of 4,081

Directions Call LA ranking

1h 06m faster than the US median

This ERLA 2h 06mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen2%

ER visits a year8,823

301 W Walnut Street, Amite, LA 70422

(985) 748-9485

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Hood Memorial Hospital in Amite, Louisiana spend a median of 1 hour 22 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 1 hour 6 minutes less than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and faster than the Louisiana median of 2 hours 6 minutes. 2% of patients left before being seen.

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Questions

How long is the wait at the Hood Memorial Hospital ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 1 hour 22 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 97% 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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