LAC+USC Medical Center
| Los Angeles County+USC Medical Center | |
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| Los Angeles County Department of Health Services | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | 2051 Marengo Street Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, U.S. |
| Coordinates | 34°03′28″N 118°12′32″W / 34.057905°N 118.208899°WCoordinates: 34°03′28″N 118°12′32″W / 34.057905°N 118.208899°W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | Public |
| Funding | Government hospital |
| Hospital type | Teaching |
| Affiliated university | University of Southern California |
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| Emergency department | Level I Trauma Center |
| Beds | 633 |
| History | |
| Founded | 1878 |
| Links | |
| Website | dhs |
| Lists | Hospitals in U.S. |
Los Angeles County+USC Medical Center, also known as County/USC, by the abbreviation LAC+USC, or by the name Los Angeles County General, is a 600-bed public teaching hospital located at 2051 Marengo Street in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. It is jointly operated by Los Angeles County Department of Health Services and the University of Southern California.
Los Angeles County+USC Medical Center is one of the largest public hospitals and medical training centers in the United States, and the largest single provider of healthcare in Los Angeles County. It provides healthcare services for the region's medically underserved, is a Level I trauma center and treats over 28 percent of the region's trauma victims (2005). It provides care for half of all AIDS and sickle-cell anemia patients in Southern California. LAC+USC Medical Center is owned and operated by the County of Los Angeles.
Although by law the emergency room must evaluate all patients to determine if a life-threatening emergency exists, regardless of ability to pay, hospital care is not free. LAC+USC accepts self-pay patients as well as patients covered by private insurance, Medicare, and Medicaid (Medi-Cal). If a patient does not have insurance or is not covered by Medi-Cal, Medicaid, or Medicare, nor have the means to pay for services, patients are presented with a bill, but are then directed to the Financial Services department adjacent to Emergency, where patients meet with counselors to review their current financial means to determine if and which financial assistance program for which they may qualify for low cost or NO cost assistance for their medical bill.
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