Many patients in Connecticut wait hours to get a hospital bed after they're admitted for treatment. Patients who wait four hours or more in the emergency department after admission are classified as "boarding." The table below shows the average time it took for patients to be admitted in 2024, and the percentage of admitted patients who were classified as boarding.
| Hartford Hospital | 6.5 hours | 63% |
|---|---|---|
| Saint Francis Hospital | 5.7 hours | 62% |
| The William W. Backus Hospital | 5.1 hours | 55% |
| Saint Mary's Hospital | 6.1 hours | 55% |
| Charlotte Hungerford Hospital | 5.5 hours | 53% |
| MidState Medical Center | 5.1 hours | 53% |
| Yale New Haven Hospital | 5.8 hours | 47% |
| Day Kimball Healthcare | 6.2 hours | 41% |
| Statewide | 5.5 hours | 39% |
| Rockville General Hospital | 7.4 hours | 38% |