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Los Angeles County Hospital

Los Angeles County+USC Medical Center
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°W / 34.057905; -118.208899Coordinates: 34°03′28″N 118°12′32″W / 34.057905°N 118.208899°W / 34.057905; -118.208899
Organisation
Care system Public
Funding Government hospital
Hospital type Teaching
Affiliated university University of Southern California
Services
Emergency department Level I Trauma Center
Beds 633
History
Founded 1878
Links
Website dhs.lacounty.gov/wps/portal/dhs/lacusc/
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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 the 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.


The LAC+USC Medical Center provides a full spectrum of emergency, inpatient and outpatient services to only Medi-Cal recipients.These include medical, surgical, emergency/trauma, obstetrical, gynecological and pediatric services as well as psychiatric services for adults, adolescents and children. Some LAC+USC doctors are faculty of the Keck School of Medicine of USC; care is also provided by more than 1,000 medical residents.


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