The Los Angeles Times has put together a site whereby you can look up and see what services are available and where. Use the link below to go to the site for complete listings and see what is available and where.  

California's dwindling emergency rooms

This is what the format looks like with links to the full data bases and easy enough to search or view the entire data base. 

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Also on the same page, see the number of pediatric beds available. 

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On another page, the Times listed all the hospitals closed in the last 10 years in California, quite a few and we still have doctors and hospitals with some of the lowest compensation packages in the country to boot.  The most recent on the list being Century City, take a look and see why this hospital had to close, no money and on the outskirts of Beverly Hills.  We also certainly don’t have a shortage of healthcare lawsuits either disputing contracts and payments, even some hospitals suing others.   BD

Closed California hospitals

Hospital ER in 1998 ER in 2007
Alta Hospital District Closed in 2001 Yes No
Anaheim Memorial Medical Center West Closed in 2001 Yes No
Bay Harbor Hospital Closed in 2000 Yes No
Bellwood General Hospital Closed in 2003 Yes No
Bloss Memorial District Hospital Closed in 1998 No No
Brea Community Hospital Closed in 2005 Yes No
Calexico Hospital Closed in 1998 Yes No
Central Valley Orthopedic & Spine Institute Closed in 2004 No No
Century City Doctors Hospital (Los Angeles) Closed in 2008 Yes Yes
Chowchilla District Memorial Hospital Closed in 2002 Yes No
Del Puerto Hospital Closed in 1998 No No
Doctors Medical Center - Pinole Campus Closed in 2000 Yes No
Dos Palos Memorial Hospital (Dos Palos) Closed in 2003 Yes No
Elastar Community Hospital Closed in 2004 Yes No
Friendly Hills Regional Medical Center Closed in 1998 No No
Granada Hills Community Hospital Closed in 2003 Yes No
Hoopa Community Hospital & Medical Center Closed in 2000 No No
Indian Valley Hospital (Greenville) Closed in 2005 Yes No
Kaiser Permanente El Cajon Medical Center Closed in 2000 No No
Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Medical Center and Offices - French Campus Closed in 2000 No No
Lakewood Regional Medical Center - Clark Avenue Closed in 1998 No No
Lassen Community Hospital Inc Closed in 2003 Yes No
Lindsay District Hospital Closed in 2000 Yes No
Los Angeles County High Desert Hospital Closed in 2003 No No
Los Medanos Community Healthcare District Closed in 1998 Yes No
Martin Luther King Jr.-Harbor Hospital (Los Angeles) Closed in 2007 Yes No
Memorial Hospital at Exeter Closed in 2001 Yes No
Mercy American River Hospital Closed in 2000 Yes No
Mercy Westside Hospital Closed in 2003 Yes No
Mission Bay Hospital Closed in 2000 Yes No
Monrovia Community Hospital (Monrovia) Closed in 2005 Yes No
North Hollywood Medical Center Closed in 1998 No No
Northridge Hospital Medical Center - Sherman Way Campus Closed in 2004 Yes No
Novato Community Hospital (NOVATO) Closed in 2001 Yes No
Orange County Community Hospital - Buena Park Closed in 2003 No No
Orthopaedic Hospital Closed in 2005 Yes No
Pacific Coast Hospital Closed in 2000 No No
Pacifica Hospital Closed in 1998 Yes No
Riverside General Hospital University Medical Center Closed in 1998 No No
Robert F. Kennedy Medical Center Closed in 2004 Yes No
SHC Specialty Hospital Closed in 1998 No No
Saint Louise Mental Health Center Closed in 1999 Yes No
Saint Louise Regional Hospital (Gilroy) Closed in 1999 No Yes
San Bernardino County Medical Center Closed in 1999 Yes No
San Jose Medical Center Closed in 2004 Yes No
San Luis Obispo General Hospital Closed in 2003 Yes No
Santa Ana Hospital Medical Center Inc Closed in 2003 No No
Santa Teresita Hospital Closed in 2004 Yes No
Scripps Hospital - East County Closed in 2000 Yes No
South Bay Medical Center Closed in 1998 No No
South Valley Hospital Closed in 1999 Yes No
St. Francis Medical Center - Santa Barbara Closed in 2003 Yes No
St. Luke Medical Center Closed in 2002 Yes No
The Heart Hospital, Inc. Closed in 2000 No No
Thompson Memorial Medical Center Closed in 1998 No No
Tuolumne General Medical Facility Closed in 2007 Yes No
UCSF Medical Center at Mount Zion (San Francisco) Closed in 2000 Yes No
Valley Childrens Hospital & Guidance Clinic Closed in 1998 No No
Valley Community Hospital Closed in 1999 Yes No
Washington Hospital - Culver City Closed in 1999 Yes No
Westside Hospital Closed in 1998 Yes No

Emergency room physicians say the closures have led to long waits, diverted ambulances and, in the most extreme cases, patient deaths. The closures also mean that patients in need of emergency care may need to travel farther, delaying access to treatment.

Emergency Rooms - California Hospitals - Data Desk - Los Angeles Times

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1 comments :

  1. Thanks for kindly linking in our database. If you have an suggestions for other hospitals-related data we should try to get online, feel free to zip me an email.

    Sincerely,

    Ben Welsh
    ben.welsh@latimes.com

    ReplyDelete

 
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