University Of California San Diego Medical Center Ratings

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Contents:
Quality of Care - Infectious Diseases - ER Wait Time - Patient Ratings

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Quality of Care - Mortality Rate

How well does University Of California San Diego Medical Center save lives? 19% better than the national average, based on the overall mortality rate for critical illnesses.

	Mortality Rate
Heart Attack	13%
Heart Failure	10%
Pneumonia	9%

Infectious Disease at University Of California San Diego Medical Center

Drug resistant bacteria are becoming the largest health facing the United States. There are an increasing number of drug resistant bacteria, including: drug resistant bacteria due primarily to unnecessary and mis-applied use among humans and livestock, patients with hospitalizations for relatively minor reasons can suddenly face lifethreatening illness.

While many hospitals are implementing questionable flu vaccinations¹ for their employees, many fewer have as rigorous solutions for nosocomial MDR infections.

Infectious Disease	Cases
C. Diff Sickens more than a half million people each year and has a 17% mortality rate after one year2	204
MRSA Causes life-threatening bloodstream infections, pneumonia and surgical site infections. Mortality rates may be as high as 20%3	8

Emergency Room Wait Time Ratings

Time until initial exam: 1h 11m

Non-critical cases where patient is discharged have total visit time of 4 hour and 56 minutes

Serious cases where patients are admitted have 4 hour and 14 minutes to be admitted, then an additional 3 hour and 6 minutes delay before leaving to their room.

Patient Ratings

While customer satisfaction surveys don't necessarily reflect the quality of care provided at the hospital, it can identify some areas that are important standards to maintain, such as managing pain and maintaining a sanitary environment.

Overall Rating: AVERAGE

74% of patients rate the hospital excellent



Footnotes:
¹Questionable efficacy of flu vaccination
²C Diff Mortality Rate
³MRSA Mortality Rate

University Of California San Diego Medical Center Stories

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May 16, 2022, 11:11 PM
Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center: "6 hour wait today May 16th!!!" - Christian

May 15, 2022, 3:19 AM
Dominican Hospital: "I was here last week saw an incompetent physicians assistant who told me I have a pimple on my back. Well I have MRSA and he not only sent me home with no antibiotics he told me “ maybe next time you’ll think about not relapsing.
Ive been working in the Medical field for 22 years and have never seen such negligent and incompetent work. I heard Dominican medical treatment was less that standard but this was straight negligence and criminal.
I’m now sitting back in waiting room with a temp, blurred vision and painful lesion on my back, face and neck. All because the P.A. I saw did not want to prescribe antibiotics.
I hope I’m not sepesis. Next stop news paper.
This is absurded. " - Tracy

May 11, 2022, 3:51 PM
Madera Community Hospital: "No urgency. Check in is fast then you sit and wait. Waiting room is empty and we are sitting and waiting. Very disappointing. " - Mary

May 10, 2022, 2:31 AM
Children's Hosp Of Los Angeles: "Wait times are ridiculously long and assessments are very light. My son has sharp pain and after 5 hours we’re still told there’s 7 people front of him" - Thania

May 10, 2022, 2:31 AM
Children's Hosp Of Los Angeles: "Wait times are ridiculously long and assessments are very light. My son has sharp pain and after 5 hours we’re still told there’s 7 people front of him" - Thania

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