Davis Medical In Sacramento Among California's Top 15 Hospitals

By MARC TORRENCE (Patch National Staff)

What are the top hospitals in California?

U.S. News and World Report sifted through data for nearly 5,000 hospitals and results from surveys of more than 140,000 physicians to rank the best centers in 16 adult specialties from cancer to urology.

Death rates, patient safety and hospital reputation were a few of factors considered. Only 137 hospitals were nationally ranked in a specialty.

U.S. News counted 430 California hospitals, with 18 making its national rankings. Thirty-eight other hospitals met “national high-performing standards.”

Here are the top 15 for California:

1. Stanford Health Care—Stanford Hospital, Stanford

Bed Count: 476

Type: General medical and surgical

Doctors: 2,050

Nationally ranked in 13 specialties

2. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles

Bed Count: 865

Type: General medical and surgical

Doctors: 1,783

Nationally ranked hospital in 12 specialties

3. UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco

Bed Count: 650

Type: General medical and surgical

Doctors: 3,186

Nationally ranked hospital in 14 specialties

4. UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles

Bed Count: 466

Type: General medical and surgical

Doctors: 3,164

Nationally ranked hospital in 15 specialties

5. UC San Diego Medical Center, San Diego

Bed Count: 582

Type: General medical and surgical

Doctors: 671

Nationally ranked hospital in 12 specialties

6. University of California, Davis Medical Center, Sacramento

Bed Count: 581

Type: General medical and surgical

Doctors: 913

Nationally ranked hospital in 10 specialties

7. Scripps La Jolla Hospitals and Clinics, La Jolla

Bed Count: 302

Type: General medical and surgical

Doctors: 775

Nationally ranked hospital in 8 specialties

8. John Muir Medical Center, Walnut Creek

Bed Count: 367

Type: General medical and surgical

Doctors: 1,296

Nationally ranked hospital in 3 specialties

9. Keck Medical Center of USC, Los Angeles

Bed Count: 250

Type: General medical and surgical

Doctors: 690

Nationally ranked hospital in 4 specialties

10. Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles

Bed Count: 464

Type: General medical and surgical

Doctors: 42

Nationally ranked hospital in 2 specialties

11. University of California, Irvine Medical Center, Orange

Bed Count: 388

Type: General medical and surgical

Doctors: 586

Nationally ranked hospital in 2 specialties

12. Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Medical Center, San Francisco

Bed Count: 215

Type: General medical and surgical

Doctors: 39

Nationally ranked hospital in 1 specialty

13. Kaiser Permanente Downey Medical Center, Downey

Bed Count: 342

Type: General medical and surgical

Doctors: 3

Nationally ranked hospital in 1 specialty

14. John Muir Medical Center, Concord

Bed Count: 182

Type: General medical and surgical

Doctors: 538

Nationally ranked hospital in 1 specialty

15. California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco

Bed Count: 785

Type: General medical and surgical

Doctors: 1,279

Nationally ranked hospital in 1 specialty

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