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Visit times for Massachusetts ERs

How long is too long to spend in the emergency room? Use the chart below to find out. It offers the average time a patient spends in the emergency room, in hours, for 70 Massachusetts hospitals. The statistics are from 2005, the most recent public data available.
Average time spent in Massachusetts emergency rooms
Hospital Avg. stay
(in hours)
MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL 5.5
BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER 5.2
BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL 4.4
BROCKTON HOSPITAL 3.9
METROWEST MEDICAL CENTER - FRAMINGHAM 3.9
FAULKNER HOSPITAL 3.7
TUFTS NEW ENGLAND MEDICAL CENTER 3.6
ST. VINCENT HOSPITAL 3.5
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL BOSTON 3.3
NORTH SHORE MEDICAL CENTER - UNION 3.3
METROWEST MEDICAL CENTER - NATICK 3.3
SOUTHCOAST HEALTH SYS-ST.LUKE'S 3.2
MOUNT AUBURN HOSPITAL 3.2
HARRINGTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL 3.1
BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER 3.1
QUINCY HOSPITAL 3.1
LAWRENCE GENERAL HOSPITAL 3.0
UMASS MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER 2.9
CCHS - CAPE COD HOSPITAL 2.9
HEALTH ALLIANCE HOSPITAL 2.8
CARITAS GOOD SAMARITAN MEDICAL CENTER 2.8
BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER 2.8
NORTH SHORE MEDICAL CENTER - SALEM 2.8
WINCHESTER HOSPITAL 2.8
SOUTH SHORE HOSPITAL 2.8
CARITAS CARNEY HOSPITAL 2.7
LAHEY CLINIC 2.7
LOWELL GENERAL HOSPITAL 2.7
MARLBOROUGH HOSPITAL 2.7
STURDY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL 2.7
CARITAS HOLY FAMILY HOSPITAL 2.7
HOLYOKE HOSPITAL 2.7
FRANKLIN MEDICAL CENTER 2.7
SAINTS MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER 2.6
MERCY HOSPITAL - SPRINGFIELD 2.6
MILFORD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER 2.5
CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALC-CAM/SMRV/WHID 2.5
HALLMARK - MELROSE WAKEFIELD 2.5
JORDAN HOSPITAL 2.4
NEWTON-WELLESLEY HOSPITAL 2.4
NORTHEAST - BEVERLY HOSPITAL 2.4
HALLMARK - LAWRENCE MEMORIAL 2.4
NOBLE HOSPITAL 2.4
CARITAS NORWOOD HOSPITAL 2.4
BERKSHIRE- BERKSHIRE/HILLCREST 2.4
WING MEMORIAL HOSPITAL 2.3
NASHOBA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER 2.3
CCHS - FALMOUTH HOSPITAL 2.3
NORTHEAST - ADDISON GILBERT 2.3
CARITAS ST ELIZABETH'S MEDICAL CENTER 2.3
MILTON HOSPITAL 2.3
MASS. EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY 2.2
EMERSON HOSPITAL 2.2
MERRIMACK VALLEY HOSPITAL 2.2
ANNA JAQUES HOSPITAL 2.2
HEYWOOD HOSPITAL 2.2
COOLEY DICKINSON HOSPITAL 2.1
BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS-NEEDHAM 2.1
CARITAS ST. ANNE'S HOSPITAL 2.1
HUBBARD REGIONAL HOSPITAL 2.0
MORTON HOSPITAL 2.0
MARTHA'S VINEYARD HOSPITAL 1.9
CLINTON HOSPITAL 1.8
SOUTHCOAST HEALTH SYS-TOBEY 1.8
SOUTHCOAST HEALTH SYS-CHARLTON 1.8
FAIRVIEW HOSPITAL 1.8
ATHOL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL 1.7
NORTH ADAMS REGIONAL HOSPITAL 1.7
NANTUCKET COTTAGE HOSPITAL 1.5
BAYSTATE MARY LANE HOSPITAL 1.4
AVERAGE 2.7
SOURCE: Massachusetts Health Data Consortium, Beth Israel Deaconess, and Tufts-NEMC.
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