Emergency physicians conduct a trauma resuscitation. Photo by Hoot504 (CC BY-SA 4.0) via Wikimedia Commons.
In 2018, 3,238,050 visits were reported at Los Angeles County emergency rooms, up from 2,604,487 in 2012.
Also see: Busiest Emergency Departments in Los Angeles County
and Licensed Hospitals in Los Angeles County
Number of Visits to Emergency Departments 2012-2018
Hospital | Emergency Service Level* | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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Adventist Health Glendale | Basic | 44,998 | 45,039 | 44,832 | 43,288 | 33,440 | 34,429 | 32,720 |
Adventist Health White Memorial | Basic | 53,349 | 53,246 | 51,416 | 49,887 | 47,407 | 43,058 | 41,379 |
Alhambra Hospital Medical Center | Basic | 16,093 | 16,091 | 15,337 | 13,639 | 11,940 | 10,757 | 10,263 |
Antelope Valley Hospital | Basic | 114,007 | 116,062 | 113,946 | 108,685 | 98,837 | 93,228 | 91,791 |
Beverly Hospital | Basic | 29,262 | 29,496 | 28,530 | 28,293 | 27,523 | 27,529 | 27,197 |
California Hospital Medical Center - Los Angeles | Basic | 67,776 | 70,015 | 56,823 | 67,747 | 65,301 | 58,962 | 49,197 |
Catalina Island Medical Center | Standby | 2,136 | 2,201 | 1,966 | 1,945 | 1,807 | 1,682 | 1,681 |
Hospital | Emergency Service Level* | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
Cedars Sinai Medical Center | Basic | 62,247 | 63,825 | 65,489 | 63,122 | 64,567 | 60,548 | 59,768 |
Cedars-Sinai Marina Del Rey Hospital | Basic | 30,067 | 27,725 | 26,072 | 24,023 | 21,107 | 18,897 | 19,189 |
Centinela Hospital Medical Center | Basic | 44,286 | 48,447 | 48,460 | 49,939 | 52,937 | 48,213 | 46,998 |
Children's Hospital of Los Angeles | Basic | 85,329 | 84,437 | 76,119 | 72,352 | 66,871 | 63,381 | 60,933 |
Coast Plaza Hospital | Basic | 13,000 | 13,876 | 14,669 | 14,638 | 13,036 | 11,252 | 9,981 |
College Medical Center | Basic | 8,737 | 9,079 | 9,696 | 10,129 | 9,990 | 9,472 | 9,487 |
Community Hospital Long Beach (1) | Basic | 9,213 | 21,381 | 22,209 | 21,727 | 19,800 | 18,285 | 18,933 |
Hospital | Emergency Service Level* | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
Community Hospital of Huntington Park | Standby | 39,420 | 41,896 | 41,678 | 40,211 | 35,991 | 33,438 | 24,139 |
East Los Angeles Doctors Hospital | Basic | 13,339 | 13,612 | 13,995 | 14,021 | 12,798 | 12,114 | 12,623 |
Emanate Health Foothill Presbyterian Hospital | Basic | 29,758 | 30,828 | 26,257 | 21,484 | 22,179 | 21,927 | 23,110 |
Emanate Health Inter-Community Hospital | Basic | 31,209 | 23,901 | 18,852 | 15,852 | 15,203 | 14,882 | 14,523 |
Emanate Health Queen of The Valley Hospital | Basic | 65,670 | 56,668 | 49,584 | 42,724 | 50,032 | 46,000 | 44,012 |
Encino Hospital Medical Center | Basic | 9,092 | 8,970 | 8,949 | 9,204 | 8,265 | 7,600 | 7,619 |
Gardens Regional Hospital & Medical Center (2) | Basic | ** | 164 | 2,456 | 6,837 | 7,245 | 7,061 | 6,563 |
Hospital | Emergency Service Level* | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
Garfield Medical Center | Basic | 19,440 | 20,687 | 21,534 | 21,909 | 19,577 | 18,015 | 16,333 |
Glendale Memorial Hospital & Health Center | Basic | 33,059 | 33,618 | 33,904 | 33,531 | 31,766 | 28,668 | 26,677 |
Good Samaritan Hospital-Los Angeles | Basic | 31,774 | 30,227 | 29,905 | 28,281 | 27,055 | 24,196 | 22,789 |
Greater El Monte Community Hospital | Basic | 19,289 | 19,508 | 18,778 | 16,284 | 15,347 | 14,568 | 14,806 |
Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital | Basic | 57,055 | 60,409 | 57,843 | 54,293 | 47,626 | 41,774 | 40,186 |
Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center | Basic | 32,077 | 30,187 | 29,684 | 30,118 | 29,635 | 27,514 | 27,395 |
Huntington Memorial Hospital | Basic | 53,217 | 53,868 | 51,446 | 49,438 | 44,802 | 43,400 | 42,490 |
Hospital | Emergency Service Level* | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Baldwin Park | Basic | 74,748 | 79,375 | 76,014 | 74,567 | 70,751 | 69,193 | 67,655 |
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Downey | Basic | 97,457 | 95,820 | 86,554 | 81,787 | 82,075 | 82,510 | 82,670 |
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Los Angeles | Basic | 63,332 | 64,664 | 67,840 | 64,773 | 57,374 | 62,088 | 62,996 |
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Panorama City | Basic | 65,650 | 64,775 | 62,494 | 58,891 | 53,795 | 49,330 | 46,623 |
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South Bay | Basic | 65,169 | 63,808 | 56,963 | 54,117 | 53,389 | 50,074 | 49,690 |
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - West LA | Basic | 76,617 | 74,281 | 68,844 | 63,857 | 60,154 | 58,118 | 60,645 |
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Woodland Hills | Basic | 40,591 | 39,521 | 37,687 | 36,335 | 34,356 | 34,226 | 34,623 |
Hospital | Emergency Service Level* | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
LA County/Harbor-UCLA Medical Center | Basic | 71,101 | 67,538 | 61,579 | 55,921 | 38,194 | 47,956 | 51,725 |
LA County+USC Medical Center | Comprehensive | 125,695 | 113,509 | 105,661 | 111,906 | 118,712 | 125,384 | 120,359 |
Lakewood Regional Medical Center | Basic | 42,179 | 41,295 | 43,070 | 48,079 | 45,240 | 41,400 | 39,161 |
Los Angeles Community Hospital | Standby | 5,241 | 6,334 | 6,275 | 6,199 | 5,961 | 5,443 | 8,085 |
Los Angeles County Olive View-UCLA Medical Center | Basic | 61,235 | 59,165 | 52,472 | 53,923 | 54,023 | 54,595 | 52,724 |
Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital | Basic | 93,310 | 79,856 | 59,884 | 18,480 | ** | ** | ** |
Memorial Hospital of Gardena | Basic | 33,545 | 37,375 | 36,358 | 35,168 | 34,898 | 29,357 | 29,183 |
Hospital | Emergency Service Level* | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
Memorialcare Long Beach Medical Center | Basic | 85,917 | 86,579 | 85,163 | 82,700 | 81,840 | 70,887 | 68,685 |
Methodist Hospital of Southern California | Basic | 39,125 | 40,995 | 43,822 | 41,925 | 35,759 | 33,977 | 29,918 |
Mission Community Hospital - Panorama Campus | Basic | 9,904 | 12,245 | 13,648 | 14,379 | 14,294 | 13,629 | 13,919 |
Monterey Park Hospital | Basic | 23,053 | 22,915 | 19,771 | 15,957 | 13,896 | 12,128 | 11,714 |
Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Basic | 55,787 | 56,935 | 56,580 | 47,718 | 47,233 | 47,606 | 45,957 |
Norwalk Community Hospital | Basic | 5,562 | 5,605 | 5,001 | 5,350 | 4,947 | 4,880 | 7,483 |
Olympia Medical Center | Basic | 21,401 | 21,810 | 21,474 | 23,046 | 21,947 | 20,352 | 20,232 |
Hospital | Emergency Service Level* | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
Pacifica Hospital of The Valley | Basic | 9,682 | 10,938 | 12,104 | 12,123 | 11,477 | 11,977 | 12,727 |
Palmdale Regional Medical Center | Basic | 64,603 | 67,086 | 67,985 | 66,321 | 59,815 | 49,752 | 44,902 |
PIH Health Hospital - Downey | Basic | 48,064 | 50,166 | 46,613 | 43,780 | 43,500 | 44,203 | 43,493 |
PIH Health Hospital - Whittier | Basic | 63,526 | 63,934 | 61,916 | 61,887 | 60,209 | 55,496 | 53,975 |
Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center | Basic | 80,755 | 82,109 | 83,925 | 84,580 | 81,301 | 73,997 | 71,782 |
Providence Holy Cross Medical Center | Basic | 89,948 | 92,822 | 91,962 | 88,883 | 80,304 | 77,406 | 66,761 |
Hospital | Emergency Service Level* | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center - San Pedro | Basic | 35,320 | 36,890 | 37,386 | 36,463 | 35,239 | 34,201 | 32,804 |
Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center Torrance | Basic | 51,972 | 55,029 | 59,038 | 58,959 | 58,251 | 57,342 | 53,945 |
Providence Saint John's Health Center | Basic | 22,859 | 20,913 | 22,298 | 22,500 | 21,477 | 20,675 | 21,483 |
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center | Basic | 55,710 | 56,340 | 54,279 | 53,558 | 54,016 | 52,906 | 51,370 |
Providence Tarzana Medical Center | Basic | 42,012 | 42,018 | 40,158 | 35,983 | 31,140 | 28,298 | 26,433 |
Ronald Reagan Ucla Medical Center | Comprehensive | 38,582 | 40,127 | 37,402 | 34,274 | 31,365 | 28,919 | 33,841 |
San Dimas Community Hospital | Basic | 15,373 | 15,711 | 15,073 | 15,743 | 14,661 | 12,594 | 12,190 |
Hospital | Emergency Service Level* | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
San Gabriel Valley Medical Center | Basic | 20,689 | 21,129 | 21,952 | 22,112 | 20,431 | 18,952 | 19,014 |
Santa Monica - UCLA Medical Center & Orthopaedic Hospital | Basic | 40,184 | 40,121 | 38,426 | 35,415 | 31,482 | 28,193 | 31,563 |
Sherman Oaks Hospital | Basic | 21,451 | 21,273 | 22,009 | 22,341 | 19,820 | 17,344 | 17,034 |
Southern California Hospital at Culver City | Basic | 14,267 | 14,664 | 15,467 | 16,919 | 18,538 | 19,469 | 18,597 |
St. Francis Medical Center | Basic | 60,225 | 65,542 | 66,591 | 69,633 | 68,691 | 62,182 | 60,899 |
St. Mary Medical Center - Long Beach | Basic | 46,973 | 46,956 | 48,118 | 48,363 | 48,296 | 49,468 | 47,941 |
St. Vincent Medical Center (3) | Standby | 21,738 | 23,032 | 23,288 | 19,302 | 13,036 | 11,011 | 9,793 |
Hospital | Emergency Service Level* | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
Torrance Memorial Medical Center | Basic | 63,279 | 64,205 | 61,493 | 58,925 | 53,402 | 44,370 | 42,020 |
USC Verdugo Hills Hospital | Basic | 21,071 | 18,976 | 18,475 | 17,833 | 17,169 | 15,771 | 14,650 |
Valley Presbyterian Hospital | Basic | 59,408 | 63,015 | 63,906 | 60,887 | 56,398 | 55,870 | 52,992 |
West Hills Hospital & Medical Center | Basic | 49,941 | 50,562 | 48,587 | 46,047 | 39,533 | 34,959 | 32,873 |
Whittier Hospital Medical Center | Basic | 25,294 | 27,018 | 26,515 | 24,941 | 23,783 | 21,928 | 21,624 |
*LICENSED EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE LEVEL:
--Standby - Physician on call
--Basic - Physician available 24x7
--Comprehensive - Physician available in EMS 24x7 with 24x7 hospital and medical services
**Not in operation at time.
(1) Closed in 2018.
(2) Closed in 2017.
(3) Closed in early 2020. Re-opened 2020.
Source: Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development, Calif. Health & Human Services Agency
Hospital | 2018 Visits |
---|---|
LA County+USC Medical Center | 125,695 |
Antelope Valley Hospital | 114,007 |
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Downey | 97,457 |
Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital | 93,310 |
Providence Holy Cross Medical Center | 89,948 |
Memorialcare Long Beach Medical Center | 85,917 |
Children's Hospital of Los Angeles | 85,329 |
Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center | 80,755 |
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - West La | 76,617 |
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Baldwin Park | 74,748 |
Source: Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development, Calif. Health & Human Services Agency
The Los Angeles County+USC Medical Center Emergency Department would rank about 24 among the 52 busiest emergency departments in the nation. Source: "52 hospitals with the most ER visits | 2016", Becker's Hospital Review, March 2016.
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