Lakewood Regional Medical Center Ratings

3700 South St
Lakewood, CA 90712
Phone: (562) 602-6751

Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Emergency Services: YES

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

Quality of Care - Mortality Rate

How well does Lakewood Regional Medical Center save lives? 1% worse than the national average, based on the overall mortality rate for critical illnesses.

	Mortality Rate at Lakewood Regional Medical Center	National Average
Heart Attack	12.7%	12.6%
Stroke	14.1%	13.9%
Heart Failure	12.2%	11.8%
Pneumonia	18%	18.2%

Infectious Disease at Lakewood Regional Medical Center

Drug resistant bacteria are becoming a large health risk 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.

Infectious Disease	Cases
C. Diff Sickens more than a half million people each year and has a 17% mortality rate after one year¹	7
MRSA Causes life-threatening bloodstream infections, pneumonia and surgical site infections. Mortality rates may be as high as 20%²	3

Emergency Room Wait Time Ratings

Average Time Spent In Emergency Department: 3h 20m

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 Patient Rating: BELOW AVERAGE

Positive Patient Ratings

Some patients praise:

Rooms and facilities are usually clean

Negative Patient Ratings

Staff doesn't respond quickly when patients need help
Nurses often fail to communicate
Doctors often fail to communicate with patients
Patients often don't receive help when they request it
Rooms were often noisy at night

Footnotes:

¹C Diff Mortality Rate
²MRSA Mortality Rate

Lakewood Regional Medical Center Stories

Mar 23, 2022, 8:28 AM
Lakewood Regional Medical Center: "Couldn't find anything wrong with granddaughter but said if left they were calling children services when I bought her in about school insident until I said race had a part in this Dr and nurse change tunes because I was right I almost had a heart attack my self I had chest pains felt light headed. My telephone number is 562- 209-8474" - KANDY

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