Cardiac services: At national average in 2 of 3 areas
Critical Care services: Above national average in 2 of 4 areas
Gastrointestinal services: At national average in 4 of 4 areas
General Surgery services: At national average in 3 of 3 areas
Orthopedic services: At national average in 4 of 5 areas
Pulmonary services: At national average in 1 of 2 areas
Santa Monica - UCLA Medical Center is a Short Term hospital. Its residency program is certified by the AMA. The facility has 240 beds of which 203 are Adult and Pediatric and 22 are Intensive Care.
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| Hospital Service Lines | Cost | Length of Stay |
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| Coronary Interventional Procedures (Angioplasty/ Stent) |
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| Heart Attack |
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| Heart Failure |
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Cardiac Surgery
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Cardiology
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Cardiothoracic Surgery
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Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
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Interventional Cardiology
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Maternity Care
Heart Failure
Total Knee Replacement
Sepsis
Pneumonia
Back and Neck Surgery (except Spinal Fusion)
Back and Neck Surgery (Spinal Fusion)
Gastrointestinal Bleed
Hip Fracture Repair
Total Hip Replacement
There can be enormous quality differences between one hospital and another, and between one doctor and another.
For example, a recent study by HealthGrades found that a typical patient would have, on average, a 69 percent lower chance of dying in a five-star rated hospital compared to a one-star rated hospital.
Source for appendectomy, bariatric surgery, and maternity care: Individual states (AZ, CA, FL, IA, MA, MD, ME, NJ, NV, NY, OR, PA, RI, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, and WI ) for years 2005 through 2007.
Source for all other procedures: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for years 2006 through 2008.
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