Antelope Valley Hospital

Antelope Valley Hospital
Antelope Valley Healthcare District
Geography
Location Lancaster, California, United States
Organization
Care system Public
Hospital type Community
Affiliated university None
Services
Emergency department Comprehensive - Level II Trauma Center
Beds 420
History
Founded 1955
Links
Website http://www.avhospital.org/
Lists Hospitals in California

Antelope Valley Hospital (AVH) is a public hospital located in Lancaster, California specializing in acute care. It has 420 beds and is accredited by the Joint Commission.[1] In March 2010 AVH was declared one of the 14 trauma centers in Los Angeles County.

Hospital rating data

The HealthGrades website contains the latest quality data for Antelope Valley Hospital, as of 2015. For this rating section three different types of data from HealthGrades are presented: quality ratings for 27 inpatient conditions and procedures, 13 patient safety indicators, percentage of patients giving the hospital a 9 or 10 (the two highest possible ratings).

For inpatient conditions and procedures, there are three possible ratings: worse than expected, as expected, better than expected. For Antelope Valley Hospital the data for this category is:

  • Worse than expected - 13
  • As expected - 14
  • Better than expected - 0

For patient safety indicators, there are the same three possible ratings. For this hospital four indicators were rated as:

  • Worse than expected - 4
  • As expected - 9
  • Better than expected - 0

Data for patients giving this hospital a 9 or 10 are:

  • Patients rating this hospital as a 9 or 10 - 57%
  • Patients rating hospitals as a 9 or 10 nationally - 69%[2]


References

  1. ↑ http://avhospital.org/About%5Bpermanent+dead+link%5D
  2. ↑ HealthGrades website, http://www.healthgrades.com/hospital-directory/california-ca-los-angeles/antelope-valley-hospital-hgst2d418d46050056 .

Coordinates: 34°41′16″N 118°09′28″W / 34.687851°N 118.157914°W / 34.687851; -118.157914

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