LA County

About LA County

Los Angeles skylineHASC’s Los Angeles Region includes facilities ranging in size from a nonprofit, university-affiliated community teaching hospital of 1,258 beds to a sole provider community hospital of 16 beds — and a rural, critical access hospital of 12 beds. The county has 76 hospital emergency departments and 15 fully accredited trauma centers serving almost 10 million residents.

LA County Hospitals: Challenges, Impact and Opportunities

On September 25, 2025, HASC convened leading health care stakeholders, policy makers, community members and hospital executives at the Arizona State University California Center Broadway in downtown Los Angeles for its State of the Hospitals: Los Angeles County forum. Attendees heard in-depth perspectives, data and strategies addressing the most urgent challenges facing hospitals in Los […]