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Southern California Hospital at Hollywood

6245 de Longpre Ave, Hollywood, CA 90028

Acute Care Hospitals Emergency services

Southern California Hospital at Hollywood has a CMS overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars. 46% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. Of the 18 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 6 and worse on 2. Emergency patients spend a median of 3 h 57 min in its emergency department before leaving (US median 2 h 42 min).

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CMS overall rating 3/5 CMS summary of quality measures
Would definitely recommend 46% US average 71%
Patient survey rating 1/5 476 completed surveys
Compared with the nation 2 worse 6 better of 18 measures CMS could compare

What patients said

Answers from patients who stayed here, collected by CMS in the national HCAHPS survey: 476 completed surveys, 10% response rate, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025.

Would definitely recommend the hospital
46%
CA 69% · US 71% · 1 of 5 stars
Rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10
47%
CA 68% · US 72% · 1 of 5 stars
Nurses always communicated well
61%
CA 76% · US 80% · 1 of 5 stars
Doctors always communicated well
59%
CA 76% · US 80% · 1 of 5 stars
Staff always explained new medicines
48%
CA 59% · US 62% · 1 of 5 stars
Given information about recovering at home
73%
CA 85% · US 86% · 1 of 5 stars
Room was always clean
64%
CA 72% · US 74% · 2 of 5 stars
Always quiet at night
40%
CA 48% · US 60% · 1 of 5 stars

This hospital California average US average

Emergency department

How long emergency patients spent here and how some time-critical care went, from CMS's timely and effective care measures, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025. CMS classes this emergency department's patient volume as medium; busier departments tend to have longer times, so the national median for departments of the same volume is shown too. These are medians over a year of visits, not a live wait time.

Measure This hospital CA US
Median time in the emergency department before leaving Lower is better · 327 visits sampled · US median for EDs of the same volume: 2 h 45 min 3 h 57 min 2 h 54 min 2 h 42 min
Median time for psychiatric and mental health patients Lower is better · 39 visits sampled 5 h 5 min 4 h 20 min 4 h 17 min
Left before being seen Lower is better · 21,316 patients 2% 2% 2%
Severe sepsis and septic shock: all recommended care given Higher is better · 211 patients 33% 70% 65%

How Southern California Hospital at Hollywood compares with nearby hospitals

The closest hospitals of the same kind that CMS rates or surveys - the same city first, then the same county and ZIP area. Every figure is CMS's: the overall star rating, the share of patients who would definitely recommend the hospital, the median time emergency patients spent before leaving, and how many death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS found better or worse than the national rate.

Hospital CMS stars Would recommend ER median time Vs the nation
Southern California Hospital at HollywoodThis hospital3/546%3 h 57 min6 better 2 worse
Hollywood Presbyterian Medical CenterSame county · Los Angeles3/560%4 h 1 min5 better 2 worse
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Los AngelesSame county · Los Angeles5/574%—4 better 1 worse
L a Downtown Medical CenterSame county · Los Angeles3/5——1 better 2 worse
Adventist Health White MemorialSame county · Los Angeles3/564%3 h 19 min2 better 1 worse
East Los Angeles Doctors HospitalSame county · Los Angeles1/550%2 h 52 min1 better

Hospitals differ in size and in how sick their patients are. CMS adjusts its outcome measures for that, but a star or a percentage is a starting point for questions, not a verdict.

Deaths

How many patients died within 30 days of admission, adjusted by CMS for how sick they were. Lower is better. Data from Jul 2022 – Jun 2025.

Measure CMS comparison This hospital National
All patients, hospital-wide 2,490 cases Too few cases 2.1% 3.9%
Heart attack 82 cases Too few cases 9.2% 11.9%
Heart failure 142 cases Too few cases 7.9% 11.1%
Pneumonia 971 cases Too few cases 7.4% 15.2%
Stroke 51 cases Too few cases 9.9% 11.9%
COPD 131 cases Too few cases 4.5% 8.6%

1 more measure had too few cases here to report.

Complications

How often patients had serious complications, most of them after surgery, adjusted for how sick they were. Lower is better. Data from Jul 2022 – Jun 2024.

1 better than the nation 11 no different
Measure CMS comparison This hospital National
Serious complications, combined measure No different 0.86 likely 0.54 – 1.18 1
After hip or knee replacement 52 cases Too few cases 4.1% 4.1%
Deaths after a serious but treatable surgical complication 37 cases No different 195.1 per 1,000 likely 139.1 per 1,000 – 251.1 per 1,000 173.3 per 1,000
Pressure ulcers (bed sores) 9,762 cases Better 0.15 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 0.59 per 1,000 0.63 per 1,000
Collapsed lung caused by a procedure 10,690 cases No different 0.14 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 0.33 per 1,000 0.21 per 1,000
Broken bones from falls in the hospital 10,847 cases No different 0.18 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 0.36 per 1,000 0.27 per 1,000
Bleeding or hematoma after surgery 465 cases No different 2.06 per 1,000 likely 0.43 per 1,000 – 3.7 per 1,000 2.34 per 1,000
Kidney injury needing dialysis after surgery 100 cases No different 1.65 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 3.37 per 1,000 1.67 per 1,000
Breathing failure after surgery 110 cases No different 10.27 per 1,000 likely 2.12 per 1,000 – 18.41 per 1,000 9.42 per 1,000
Blood clots in the lungs or legs after surgery 482 cases No different 2.65 per 1,000 likely 0.35 per 1,000 – 4.95 per 1,000 3.52 per 1,000
Sepsis after surgery 98 cases No different 6.65 per 1,000 likely 2.47 per 1,000 – 10.83 per 1,000 5.27 per 1,000
Surgical wound splitting open 74 cases No different 1.7 per 1,000 likely 0.19 per 1,000 – 3.2 per 1,000 1.77 per 1,000
Accidental cut or tear during abdominal surgery 1,206 cases No different 0.88 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 1.88 per 1,000 1.06 per 1,000

Infections caught in the hospital

Standardized infection ratio: 1.0 means as many infections as CMS predicted for a hospital like this one. Lower is better. Data from Oct 2024 – Sep 2025.

1 better than the nation 1 no different
Measure CMS comparison This hospital National
Urinary tract infections from catheters (CAUTI) No different 0 1
C. diff intestinal infections Better 0 1

4 more measures had too few cases here to report.

Readmissions and return visits

How often patients had to come back to a hospital after going home. Lower is better. Data from Jul 2023 – Jun 2025.

Measure CMS comparison This hospital National
Readmitted after a heart attack 104 cases Too few cases 13.4% 14.4%
Readmitted after heart failure 206 cases Too few cases 21.3% 21.3%
Readmitted after pneumonia 1,075 cases Too few cases 17.6% 17.3%
Readmitted after COPD 183 cases Too few cases 19.2% 20%
Readmitted after hip or knee replacement 62 cases Too few cases 5.5% 5.8%
Days back in hospital after a heart attack 81 cases Too few cases 19.4 days per 100 —
Days back in hospital after heart failure 173 cases Too few cases 3 days per 100 —
Days back in hospital after pneumonia 1,073 cases Too few cases 5.2 days per 100 —

6 more measures had too few cases here to report.

Clinicians registered at this address

15 clinicians give this hospital's street address as their practice location in NPPES, the federal provider registry. The same address can take in offices and clinics in the building, and a listing does not prove admitting privileges or current employment.

Specialty Clinicians
Family 3
Psychiatric/Mental Health 3
Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology 2
Anesthesiology 2
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology 1
Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism 1
Geriatric Medicine 1
Medical 1
Primary Care 1

First 12 alphabetically

How to read this page

  • Everything here is published by CMS on Care Compare. We arrange it and explain it; the star ratings and the better / worse verdicts are CMS's, not ours.
  • “No different” is the most common result on most measures at most hospitals. CMS only calls a result better or worse when the difference from the national rate is statistically clear.
  • Death, complication and readmission rates are adjusted by CMS for how sick patients were, so hospitals that treat sicker patients can be compared fairly.
  • Infection results are ratios: 1.0 means as many infections as CMS predicted for a hospital like this one, below 1.0 is fewer.
  • These are hospital-wide results. They do not rate an individual doctor, nurse or department, and they are not medical advice.

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Common questions about Southern California Hospital at Hollywood

Is Southern California Hospital at Hollywood a good hospital?

Southern California Hospital at Hollywood has a CMS overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars. Of the 18 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 6 and worse on 2. These are hospital-wide results published by CMS; they do not rate individual doctors or departments.

Would patients recommend Southern California Hospital at Hollywood?

46% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. The figure comes from 476 completed HCAHPS surveys.

How long is the wait in the Southern California Hospital at Hollywood emergency room?

Emergency patients spend a median of 3 h 57 min in its emergency department before leaving (US median 2 h 42 min). Among US emergency departments with medium patient volume, like this one, the median is 2 h 45 min. 2% of emergency patients left before being seen (US 2%). These are medians over a year of visits, not a live wait time.