Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Hospitals

University of California, San Diego Medical Center

200 West Arbor Drive
San Diego, CA 92103
(619) 543-6222
www.health.ucsd.edu
This hospital is one of nearly 5,000 that U.S.News evaluated for the latest America's Best Hospitals rankings. See the complete hospital rankings

The following information was provided by American Hospital Association

At a glance

Hospital type: General medical and surgical
Operated by: State
Total beds: 519
Administrator:
Parent system: Univ of CA-Systemwide Adm
Selected accreditations/memberships: Accredited, Joint Commission (JC)||Member, Council of Teaching Hospitals

Services Provided

Inpatient:
  • Birthing room
  • Burn care
  • Heart catheterization—diagnostic (adult)
  • End-of-life services:
    • Pain management
    • Palliative care
  • Heart surgery (adult)
  • Hospitalists
  • Infection isolation room
  • Heart catheterization—treatment (adult)
  • Neonatal intensive care
  • Cancer services
  • Psychiatric care:
    • Psychiatric emergency services
Outpatient:
  • Alzheimer center
  • Arthritis center
  • Bariatric/weight control services
  • Breast cancer screening/mammograms
  • Certified trauma center
  • Cancer services
  • Complementary/alternative medicine
  • Heart catheterization—diagnostic (adult)
  • Genetic testing/counseling
  • Geriatric services
  • HIV-AIDS services
  • Heart catheterization—treatment (adult)
  • Kidney dialysis
  • Cancer services
  • Physical rehabilitation
  • Psychiatric services:
    • Child/adolescent services
    • Consultation*
    • Geriatric services
    • Outpatient care*
  • Radiation therapy
  • Sleep center
  • Stop-smoking program*
  • Sports medicine
  • Substance-abuse programs*
  • Urgent-care center
  • Women's health center
  • Wound management services
Patient/family support services:
  • Alzheimer center
  • Help with government services
  • Chaplaincy/pastoral care services
  • Cancer services
  • Patient support groups
  • Patient representative/ombusdman
  • Translation services
Community outreach:
  • Health fairs
  • Health screenings
Radiology--diagnosis and treatment:
  • CT scanner
  • Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
  • Multislice spiral CT
  • Single photon emission CT
  • Ultrasound

By the numbers:

Admissions: 21,694
Inpatient surgeries: 8,038
Outpatient visits: 536,656
Outpatient surgeries: 15,578
Emergency room visits: 60,023
Births: 2,933
Beds: 519

Staffing (employed, on payroll):

Full-time physicians and dentists:
N/A
Part-time physicians and dentists:
0
Full-time registered nurses:
N/A
Part-time registered nurses:
0
Full-time licensed practical nurses:
N/A
Part-time licensed practical nurses:
0
Total full-time faculty:
N/A
Total part-time faculty:
N/A

Notes

* At another location in healthcare system or through arrangement with another provider.

Find out more about AHA data products at www.ahadata.com.

Data provided by American Hospital Association. Last updated June 2009.

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