LAC+USC MEDICAL CENTER - LOS ANGELES, CA

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Addresss:
1200 N STATE ST
LOS ANGELES, CA, 90033
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (323) 226-2800

Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Hospital Owner: Government - Local
Emergency Services: Yes
Type: Psychiatric Units

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Employment Full-Time Equivalent
Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 378.00
Registered Professional Nurses : 1121.00
Other Salaried Personnel : 9000.00
Occupational Therapists : 10.00
Physical Therapists : 17.00
Registered Pharmacists : 80.00
Speech Pathologists Or Audiologists : 3.00
Physicians : 300.00
Medical Social Workers : 84.00

Number Of Beds
Total: 1395
Total Certified: 1395
Psychiatric Unit Beds: 60

Provided Services
Nuclear Medicine Services
Acute Renal Dialysis Services
Anatomical Laboratory Services
Blood Bank Services
Cardio-Thoracic Surgery Services
Certified Trauma Center Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Emergency Services
Home Health Services
ICU - Cardiac (Non-Surgical)Services
ICU - Medical/Surgical Services
Inpatient Rehabilitiation (Not Carf Accredited) Services
Long Term Care (Swing-Beds) Services
Neonatal Nursery Services
Obstetric Services
Occupational Therapy Services
Operating Room Services
Organ Bank Services
Outpatient Services
Pediatric Services
Pharmacy Services
Physical Therapy Services
Postoperative Recovery Room Services
Psychiatric Services
Respiratory Care Services
Social Services
Speech Pathology Services
Therapeutic Radiology Services

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

99.3%
Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge
Here:

99.0%
California:

99.0%
Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
This Hospital:

98.0%
State:

96.8%
Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge
Here:

98.0%
State:

98.5%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
Here:

96.0%
State:

99.6%
Percent of Patients Given PCI Within 90 Minutes Of Arrival
This Hospital:

88.0%
California:

93.9%
Patients Given a Prescription for a Statin at Discharge
This Hospital:

98.0%
California:

97.5%

Heart Failure

Percent of patients who were given an evaluation of Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
Here:

98.0%
State:

98.9%
Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
This Hospital:

97.0%
California:

96.2%
Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions
This Hospital:

92.0%
State:

93.5%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
Here:

100.0%
California:

99.4%

Pneumonia

Percent of Patients Given Initial Antibiotic(s) within 6 Hours After Arrival
This Hospital:

74.0%
California:

96.1%
Percent of Patients Whose Initial ER Blood Culture Was Performed Prior To Administration Of First Dose Of Antibiotics
This Hospital:

89.0%
State:

96.7%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
Here:

98.0%
California:

98.1%
Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)
This Hospital:

93.0%
California:

95.9%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination
Here:

97.0%
State:

94.3%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination
Here:

85.0%
State:

95.8%

Surgery

Percent of Surgery Patients given an antibiotic at the right time (within one hour before surgery) to help prevent infection
This Hospital:

97.0%
California:

98.1%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose preventive antibiotics were stopped at the right time (within 24 hours after surgery)
Here:

96.0%
State:

96.3%
Percent of Surgery Patients who were given the right kind of antibiotic to help prevent infection
This Hospital:

97.0%
California:

98.2%
Percent of Surgery Patients who got treatment at right time (within 24 hours before or after surgery) to help prevent blood clot
Here:

94.0%
State:

96.0%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose doctors ordered treatments to prevent blood clots after certain types of surgeries
This Hospital:

95.0%
California:

96.9%
Percent of all Heart Surgery Patients whose blood sugar is kept under good control in the days right after surgery
Here:

91.0%
California:

94.7%
Percent of Surgery Patients needing hair removed from the surgical area before surgery who had hair removed using a safer method
This Hospital:

100.0%
California:

99.8%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose urinary catheters were removed on the first or second day after surgery
Here:

95.0%
California:

93.9%
Surgery patients who were taking heart drugs called beta blockers before coming to the hospital, who were kept on them
This Hospital:

94.0%
California:

96.1%
Outpatients having surgery who got an antibiotic at the right time - within one hour before surgery (higher numbers are better)
This Hospital:

94.0%
California:

95.1%
Outpatients having surgery who got the right kind of antibiotic (higher numbers are better)
Here:

95.0%
California:

95.5%
Patients having surgery who were actively warmed in the operating room or whose body temperature was near normal
This Hospital:

100.0%
California:

99.6%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack
Here:

17.1%
State:

14.9%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure
This Hospital:

11.1%
State:

10.9%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

13.1%
California:

11.7%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure
This Hospital:

24.6%
California:

24.4%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

19.1%
California:

18.3%

Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) - Medicare Provider Charge Data

Cellulitis without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$24,312
California:

$36,707
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$11,194
California:

$7,245
Number of discharges: 19
This Hospital:

6.91%
State:

2.08%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$19,507
State:

$35,163
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$9,193
State:

$6,206
Number of discharges: 12
This Hospital:

4.36%
California:

1.11%
Diabetes with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$37,360
State:

$38,964
Average Total Payments
Here:

$11,781
State:

$7,470
Number of discharges: 16
This Hospital:

5.82%
State:

0.69%
Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$27,867
California:

$36,899
Average Total Payments
Here:

$9,890
State:

$6,233
Number of discharges: 17
Here:

6.18%
California:

3.09%
Fx, Sprn, Strn and Disl Except Femur, Hip, Pelvis and Thigh without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$44,553
State:

$37,991
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$10,966
California:

$6,089
Number of discharges: 13
Here:

4.73%
California:

0.25%
Heart Failure and Shock with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$36,549
State:

$47,292
Average Total Payments
Here:

$13,444
California:

$8,831
Number of discharges: 24
This Hospital:

8.73%
California:

2.91%
Heart Failure and Shock without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$20,490
State:

$32,995
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$9,075
State:

$5,851
Number of discharges: 12
Here:

4.36%
California:

1.02%
Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$81,605
California:

$55,669
Average Total Payments
Here:

$21,090
California:

$9,837
Number of discharges: 13
Here:

4.73%
State:

1.65%
Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$41,011
State:

$36,114
Average Total Payments
Here:

$11,678
State:

$6,728
Number of discharges: 21
This Hospital:

7.64%
State:

2.98%
Psychoses
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$144,523
State:

$24,503
Average Total Payments
Here:

$25,270
State:

$8,916
Number of discharges: 12
This Hospital:

4.36%
California:

2.32%
Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$20,997
California:

$35,878
Average Total Payments
Here:

$10,541
State:

$7,039
Number of discharges: 13
Here:

4.73%
California:

1.21%
Renal Failure with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$56,323
California:

$48,439
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$15,175
California:

$8,967
Number of discharges: 17
Here:

6.18%
California:

1.90%
Renal Failure with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$65,618
State:

$72,128
Average Total Payments
Here:

$22,837
California:

$14,548
Number of discharges: 21
Here:

7.64%
California:

1.48%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$129,322
State:

$90,173
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$33,245
California:

$16,748
Number of discharges: 18
This Hospital:

6.55%
California:

7.21%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$67,045
California:

$48,755
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$17,731
California:

$8,695
Number of discharges: 14
This Hospital:

5.09%
California:

2.75%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$19,852
California:

$34,477
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$9,274
State:

$5,838
Number of discharges: 14
This Hospital:

5.09%
State:

0.97%
Syncope and Collapse
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$27,801
State:

$37,038
Average Total Payments
Here:

$9,617
California:

$6,233
Number of discharges: 19
This Hospital:

6.91%
State:

1.60%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 27%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

8%
State:

7%
Usually
Here:

27%
California:

21%
Always
Here:

65%
State:

72%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

7%
California:

6%
Usually
Here:

16%
State:

17%
Always
This Hospital:

77%
State:

77%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never
Here:

14%
State:

13%
Usually
This Hospital:

30%
State:

28%
Always
This Hospital:

56%
State:

59%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

9%
State:

8%
Usually
Here:

25%
State:

25%
Always
Here:

66%
State:

67%

How often did staff explain about medicines before giving them to patients?

Sometimes or never
Here:

27%
California:

23%
Usually
Here:

18%
State:

19%
Always
This Hospital:

55%
California:

58%

How often were the patients' rooms and bathrooms kept clean?

Sometimes or never
Here:

17%
State:

10%
Usually
Here:

20%
California:

21%
Always
Here:

63%
California:

69%

How often was the area around patients' rooms kept quiet at night?

Sometimes or never
Here:

17%
State:

18%
Usually
This Hospital:

30%
State:

33%
Always
Here:

53%
State:

49%

Were patients given information about what to do during their recovery at home?

Yes
Here:

79%
California:

81%
No
This Hospital:

21%
State:

19%

How do patients rate the hospital overall on a scale from 0 (lowest) to 10 (highest)?

6 or lower
Here:

10%
State:

10%
7 or 8
Here:

21%
California:

24%
9 or 10
Here:

69%
California:

66%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

No
Here:

6%
State:

7%
Yes, probably
This Hospital:

20%
California:

24%
Yes, definitely
This Hospital:

74%
State:

69%

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Objects Accidentally Left in the Body After Surgery
Here:

0.311%
California:

0.198%
Falls and injuries
Here:

0.621%
California:

0.625%
Blood infection from a catheter in a large vein
This Hospital:

1.243%
California:

0.530%

Use of Medical Imaging

Outpatient CT scans of the abdomen that were combination (double) scans.
Here:

0.022%
California:

0.170%
Outpatient CT scans of the chest that were combination (double) scans.
Here:

0.010%
State:

0.043%

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