Where does YOUR state rank? Hospital wait times and healthcare costs revealed trends now
If you have an emergency, then you probably don't want to be in Maryland — the state has the longest hospital waiting times in the country.
While the average American waits two hours and 25 minutes to be seen in the ER, residents in Maryland wait three hours and 48 minutes.
That's according to a new analysis by the online pharmacy NiceRx which ranked US states in terms of emergency room waiting times and healthcare spending for 2020.
The biggest spenders and also the most populated states were California, which forked out $174.1billion on healthcare, followed by New York ($131billion) and Texas ($75.9billion).
It comes after DailyMail.com reported the most unhealthy states in America, based on gym density, smoking rates and obesity levels.
Hover over your state to see the waiting time
The above map shows average hospital wait times across the US in 2020, the latest year available. Maryland ranked worst overall followed by Delaware and Massachusetts. States with longer wait times tended to be on the east and west coasts, with southern and central American states having better wait times overall
The above map shows healthcare spending by state, although this was not broken down to per head of population. California ranked top overall followed by New York and Texas
The second worst state for waiting times in the US was Delaware, at three hours and 15 minutes, followed by Massachusetts at three hours and nine minutes.
Rounding out the worst five were Rhode Island (three hours and five minutes) and New York (three hours and four minutes).
At the other end of the scale was North Dakota, with an average wait time of one hour and 44 minutes.
