Long-Term Acute Care hospitals in California
7 long-term acute care hospitals. Compare their Medicare results with the national rate.
California has 7 long-term acute care hospitals. Kindred Hospital-Orange County has the highest returned home rate reported in California: 15%, against 15% nationally.
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Long-Term Acute Care hospitals7in California
Returned home14%California median; U.S. 15%
Weaned off ventilator57%California median; U.S. 55%
Rated better by CMS0on returned home; 0 worse
15%
returned home at Kindred Hospital-Orange County, the highest reported in California.
Long-term acute care hospitals (LTACHs, called long-term care hospitals by Medicare) treat patients who are still seriously ill after an intensive care stay and need hospital-level care for weeks rather than days - most often for ventilator weaning, complex wounds, severe infections or multiple organ problems. They are not nursing homes: Medicare requires an average stay of more than 25 days and hospital-level staffing. Compare how many patients are weaned off the ventilator and how many return home.
Every long-term acute care hospital in California
Bars show each facility's rate; the black tick is the U.S. rate. "Better" and "worse" appear only where CMS itself compared the facility with the national rate. Click a column to sort.
| Hospital | Returned home higher is better | Weaned off ventilator higher is better |
|---|---|---|
| Kindred Hospital-Brea | 12% | 57% |
| Kindred Hospital-Sacramento | 14% | 54% |
| Barlow Respiratory Hospital | 14% | 68% |
| Kindred Hospital-los Angeles | 14% | 60% |
| Kindred Hospital-Ontario | 10% | 53% |
| Kindred Hospital-San Diego | 14% | 58% |
| Kindred Hospital-Orange County | 15% | 48% |
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U.S. rates: returned home 15%; weaned off ventilator 55%.
Questions about long-term acute care hospitals in California
How many long-term acute care hospitals are there in California?
California has 7 long-term acute care hospitals in the CMS data published July 2026.
What is a long-term acute care hospital?
Long-term acute care hospitals (LTACHs, called long-term care hospitals by Medicare) treat patients who are still seriously ill after an intensive care stay and need hospital-level care for weeks rather than days - most often for ventilator weaning, complex wounds, severe infections or multiple organ problems. They are not nursing homes: Medicare requires an average stay of more than 25 days and hospital-level staffing. Compare how many patients are weaned off the ventilator and how many return home.
Which long-term acute care hospital in California has the highest returned home rate?
Kindred Hospital-Orange County has the highest returned home rate reported in California: 15%, against 15% nationally. Rates from small facilities can swing a lot from year to year, and Medicare publishes several measures for each facility, so compare the ones that matter most to you on each hospital's page.
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Facility list and results from the CMS Long-Term Care Hospital Quality Reporting Program, with hospital type from the CMS Provider of Services file. Data published July 2026. About the data.