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Who Rates Best (& Worst) in the San Francisco Bay Area? Now You'll Know.
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Few of us are well prepared to respond even to the mildest medical crisis. Having some first aid skills will help, but just as important is to know whom to call, what to say, and where the patient should go. That is what this article is about, including ratings of the emergency departments at area hospitals.
From Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK Magazine
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Did firm receive a checkmark for urgent cases where the needed treatment is... ( ) |
What percent of customers rated firm "good," "very good," or "excellent" on our survey for "overall performance" |
Desirability score from doctors for... |
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St Louise Hospital
9400 No Name Uno Gilroy, CA
408-848-2000
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16 ratings |
How does "St Louise Hospital" rate compared to other emergency rooms in Gilroy , CA?
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Alameda County Medical Center--Highland Campus
1411 E 31st St Oakland, CA
510-437-4800
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12 ratings |
How does "Alameda County Medical Center--Highland Campus" rate compared to other emergency rooms in Gilroy , CA?
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Alameda Hospital
2070 Clinton Ave Alameda, CA
510-522-3700
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50 ratings |
How does "Alameda Hospital" rate compared to other emergency rooms in Gilroy , CA?
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Alta Bates Summit Medical Center--Summit Campus
350 Hawthorne Ave Oakland, CA
510-655-4000
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40 ratings |
How does "Alta Bates Summit Medical Center--Summit Campus" rate compared to other emergency rooms in Gilroy , CA?
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Children's Hospital & Research Center at Oakland
747 52nd St Oakland, CA
510-428-3000
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35 ratings |
How does "Children's Hospital & Research Center at Oakland" rate compared to other emergency rooms in Gilroy , CA?
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Alta Bates Summit Medical Center--Ashby Campus
2450 Ashby Ave Berkeley, CA
510-204-4444
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175 ratings |
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California Pacific Medical Center--Davies
Castro & Duboce Sts San Francisco, CA
415-565-6000
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31 ratings |
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California Pacific Medical Center--Pacific Campus
2333 Buchanan St San Francisco, CA
415-563-4321
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106 ratings |
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CHECKBOOK provides subscriber comments on their experiences with the firms they use. Please remember that individual subscriber comments are informal. Subscriber comments may give you insight into the types of features and problems that exist in a service field, but are not the best basis for selecting or rejecting a specific firm. To assess the quality of a firm's performance, we recommend that you give more weight to the percentages of favorable ratings. Those percentages are generally based on much larger numbers of consumers' ratings (the number of consumer ratings is noted above).
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As You Can See Below, Some Emergency Rooms Get High Praise from Their Customers. Some Others Don't. So Choose Carefully.
Here Are a Few Samples of the Thousands of Comments CHECKBOOK Has Collected on Hundreds of Different Emergency Rooms.
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Subscriber from GILROY, CA wrote
Another Er: Doctor was very personable, nurses gave personal attention........
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Subscriber from DALY CITY, CA wrote
Another Er: Emergency room doctor treated me like I actually understood stuff,(which i did) instead of being..........
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Subscriber from SAN JOSE, CA wrote
Another Er: chest pain evaluated. speedy follow up arranged. superior service........
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Subscriber from MENLO PARK, CA wrote
Another Er: My family has had 3 visits to this emergency room in the past year and..........
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Subscriber from RICHMOND, CA wrote
Another Er: Doctor pressured for expensive but unnecessary CT scan. Rushed decision to have the CT........
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Subscriber from EL CERRITO, CA wrote
Another Er: Spent several hours there after being hit by a car; never saw an MD only..........
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Subscriber from ORINDA, CA wrote
Another Er: Topnotch care from nurses and physicians. I am an emergency RN, so I'm highly qualified..........
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Subscriber from SCOTTS VALLEY, CA wrote
Another Er: As a visitor, most noticeable was the mess & disarray: bloody bandages and clothes thrown..........
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Subscriber from MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA wrote
Another Er: We were there in the middle of the night, so that could explain the short..........
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Subscriber from MT. VIEW, CA wrote
Another Er: I had to wait 5-6 hours before being admitted to hospital. Otherwise service was excellent........
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Subscriber from SAN FRANCISCO, CA wrote
Another Er: doctors and nurses very impressive, with one exception........
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Subscriber from FREMONT, CA wrote
Another Er: Went in with a bleeding head injury on a mid weekday night and it took..........
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Subscriber from SAN JOSE, CA wrote
Another Er: I have had dealings with several bay area hospitals in the last 30 years. I..........
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Subscriber from SANTA CLARA, CA wrote
Another Er: extremely expensive for minimal care provided.......
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Subscriber from SAN JOSE, CA wrote
Another Er: Have been a Kaiser member for over 40 years and this center is the best..........
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Subscriber from DANVILLE, CA wrote
Another Er: Items 2, 3, & 4 vary so much with individual staff members that I find..........
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Subscriber from LAFAYETTE, CA wrote
Another Er: Our experience at John Muir Emergency was nothing short of amazing. The staff were top-notch...........
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Subscriber from LAFAYETTE, CA wrote
Another Er: Outstanding........
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Subscriber from SAN RAFAEL, CA wrote
Another Er: Had a strong sense of "catch and release", get treated and go HOME!.......
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Subscriber from LIVERMORE, CA wrote
Another Er: Nice, but billing sucks. Sometimes takesover a year for the bill to arrive. They use..........
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Subscriber from KENSINGTON, CA wrote
Another Er: I had to wait a couple of hours to be seen on a Wednesday night..........
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Subscriber from PALO ALTO, CA wrote
Another Er: It was a very busy night with every chair in the waiting room full. It..........
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Subscriber from HALF AMOON BAY, CA wrote
Another Er: The emergency room in Half Moon Bay ifs not well equipped. The had to send..........
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Subscriber from SAN JOSE, CA wrote
Another Er: I had 2 stents installed after a heart attack and the service was outstanding........
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Subscriber from SAN RAMON, CA wrote
Another Er: Because of suspected heart problems, I was taken into care immediately........
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Subscriber from SAN JOSE, CA wrote
Another Er: Heart care superb........
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Subscriber from PINOLE, CA wrote
Another Er: Horrible care!!! I've been there twice in the past year and both times received substandard..........
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Subscriber from PACIFICA, CA wrote
Another Er: All contact with emergency staff excellent........
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Subscriber from SAN MATEO, CA wrote
Another Er: Billing problems. Emergency room was "in network", attending physician was not. What is a patient..........
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Subscriber from BERKELEY, CA wrote
Another Er: I was hit by a car while on my bicycle in August; I originally went..........
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Subscriber from SANTA CLARA, CA wrote
Another Er: They have new address..new site.... 710 Lawrence Expressway Santa Clara, CA 95051.......
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Subscriber from CASTRO VALLEY, CA wrote
Another Er: Great, helpful staff. Too busy to be seen quickly........
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Subscriber from SAN FRANCISCO, CA wrote
Another Er: just fabulous, they took great care of my child when he was sick.......
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Subscriber from PALO ALTO, AR wrote
Another Er: I had two experiences this year. They were everything you could want in a emergency..........
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Subscriber from SAN FRANCISCO, CA wrote
Another Er: Been a patient there many years, always pretty good........
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Subscriber from SAN MATEO, CA wrote
Another Er: The best!.......
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Subscriber from LOS ALTOS, CA wrote
Another Er: Very slow to discharge after doctor agreed to let me go. It shouldn't take that..........
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Subscriber from SAN FRANCISCO, CA wrote
Another Er: Took too long for the entire process. admitted at 6 pm but couldn't leave till..........
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Subscriber from SAN MATEO, CA wrote
Another Er: Excellent care........
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Subscriber from FOSTER CITY, CA wrote
Another Er: My father was taken to the ER several times in the months before he died...........
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Subscriber from CAMPBELL, CA wrote
Another Er: this was a visit through the Childrens hospital. I am unaware of the gerneral services........
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Subscriber from HILLSBOROUGH, CA wrote
Another Er: My first attack of vertigo; I couldn't stand or walk without bumping into walls. I..........
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Subscriber from SAN FRANCISCO, CA wrote
Another Er: Failed to stich wound up properly........
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Subscriber from SAN FRANCISCO, CA wrote
Another Er: PLEASE NOTE: HOSPITAL HAS MOVED TO 700-800 Lawrence Expressway, Santa Clara CA New Emergency Department...........
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Subscriber from LIVERMORE, CA wrote
Another Er: Two hour wait after being brought in by ambulance after car accident; would not give..........
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Subscriber from BIRMINGHAM, MI wrote
Another Er: The orderly staff insists on wearing cologne ALL the time. People who are ill or..........
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Subscriber from SAN ANSELMO, CA wrote
Another Er: Recommend Urgent Care be included in survey - Marin County has a Novato General Hosp..........
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Subscriber from PALO ALTO, CA wrote
Another Er: They missed a diagnosis of appendicitis with my wife - she could have died. Unforgivable........
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Subscriber from SAN JOSE, CA wrote
Another Er: They made me sit out in the waiting room for three hours and I was..........
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Subscriber from OAKLAND, CA wrote
Another Er: As hospital ERs continue to deteriorate and be over-run, this is one of the true..........
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