Los Angeles County Department of Health Services

Los Angeles County Department of Health Services

DHS' administrative headquarters in Downtown Los Angeles
Agency overview
Formed1972 (1972)
Preceding
  • Los Angeles County Health Department
JurisdictionLos Angeles County
Headquarters313 N. Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, California
34°03′36″N 118°15′00″W / 34.0599°N 118.25°W / 34.0599; -118.25
Employees22,085 (2016)[1]
Annual budgetUS$4,215,331,000 (2016)[2]
Agency executives
  • Dr. Christina Ghaly, Director
  • Hal F. Yee, Jr., M.D., Ph.D., Chief Medical Officer
Parent agencyLos Angeles County Health Agency
Child agencies
Websitedhs.lacounty.gov

Los Angeles County Department of Health Services (abbreviated DHS and LADHS) operates the public hospitals and clinics in Los Angeles County, and is the United States' second largest municipal health system, after NYC Health + Hospitals.[3]

DHS operates an extensive healthcare network throughout Los Angeles County, including three teaching and research hospitals affiliated with the Keck School of Medicine of USC, Olive View-UCLA Medical Center and Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Rancho Los Amigos Rehabilitation hospital, and numerous outpatient clinics, including two ambulatory care centers and 16 local health clinics. DHS also runs the My Health LA health care program, which benefits approximately 150,000 residents, in partnership with over 200 community partners.[4] DHS' administrative headquarters is located in Downtown Los Angeles's Civic Center, at the corner of Figueroa and Temple Streets.

DHS provided healthcare services to over 643,856 unique patients and 2,457,174 patient visits in Fiscal Year 2015–16.[5] For Fiscal Year 2015–16, LADHS had an annual budget of US$3,832,724,000.[2] The County funds less than 15% (US$635,492,000) of LADHS' total annual budget.[2]

  1. ^ "County of Los Angeles Annual Report 2015-16" (PDF). County of Los Angeles. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
  2. ^ a b c "County of Los Angeles 2015-16 Final Budget" (PDF). County of Los Angeles. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
  3. ^ "History". Department of Health Services. County of Los Angeles. Retrieved 23 October 2012.
  4. ^ "My Health LA Program Key Demographics and Enrollment Summary" (PDF). Los Angeles County Department of Health Services. 2016-09-30. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
  5. ^ "Annual Report 2015-16" (PDF). 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2016. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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