Is the Smith County Memorial Hospital ER faster than average?

It is faster than 85% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

1h 47mmedian time
in this ER

Smith County Memorial Hospital ER wait time

Emergency room · Smith Center, KS

Faster than 85% of US ERs · #618 of 4,081

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41m faster than the US median

This ERKS 1h 57mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen0%

ER visits a year1,739

921 E. Highway 36, Smith Center, KS 66967

(785) 282-6845

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Smith County Memorial Hospital in Smith Center, Kansas spend a median of 1 hour 47 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 41 minutes less than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and faster than the Kansas median of 1 hour 57 minutes. 0% of patients left before being seen.

ERs near Smith Center

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Questions

How long is the wait at the Smith County Memorial Hospital ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 1 hour 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 shorter than the US median of 2 hours 28 minutes. It's faster than 85% 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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