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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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Watsonville Community Hospital
75 Nielson St Watsonville, CA
831-724-4741
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How does "Watsonville Community Hospital" rate compared to other emergency rooms in Watsonville , 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 Watsonville , 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 Watsonville , 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 Watsonville , 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 Watsonville , CA?
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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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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--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 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 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 ALAMEDA, CA wrote
Another Er: Wait time for upper respiratory infection was 7 hours from time in to time out...........
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Subscriber from SAN MATEO, CA wrote
Another Er: The best!.......
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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 MOS BEACH, CA wrote
Another Er: take me here anytime I have an emergency. Staff is amazing.......
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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 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 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 S SAN FRAN, CA wrote
Another Er: Supereior new facility and equipment. Top notch Doctors and nurses........
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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 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 OAKLAND, CA wrote
Another Er: Hospital staff was wonderful. The billing department is incompetant and my first bill was a..........
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Subscriber from DANVILLE, CA wrote
Another Er: I brought in my wife with a temperature of 103.5. She was quickly diagnosed with..........
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Subscriber from EL CERRITO, CA wrote
Another Er: I have very good memories of when I stayed for several days after our daughter..........
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Subscriber from REDWOOD CITY, CA wrote
Another Er: I had a medical emergency and was taken to the hospital by ambulance and couldn't..........
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Subscriber from LAFAYETTE, CA wrote
Another Er: Outstanding........
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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 MORAGA, CA wrote
Another Er: Visited ER on primary care doctor's back-up doctor's recommendation - had a significant vertigo attack...........
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Subscriber from ORINDA, CA wrote
Another Er: Little communication with patients and little concern for the comfort of patients - an extremely..........
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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: There are such huge differences in care, quality of facilities and the perception of being..........
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Subscriber from LOS ALTOS, CA wrote
Another Er: Lied in back pain for 2.5 hrs. Not seen by a physician and medical records..........
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Subscriber from SAN CARLOS, CA wrote
Another Er: Emergency room has a very small staff -- there's one triage nurse and when she's..........
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Subscriber from SAN JOSE, CA wrote
Another Er: Heart care superb........
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Subscriber from SAN LEANDRO, CA wrote
Another Er: My husband was takien to the hospital by 9-1-1. In spite of being very busy..........
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Subscriber from FOSTER CITY, CA wrote
Another Er: Incredibly EXPENSIVE!.......
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Subscriber from CAMPBELL, CA wrote
Another Er: GOOD.......
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Subscriber from SAN FRANCISCO, CA wrote
Another Er: Over 40 years of adulthood, I've been to an emergency room a half dozen times,..........
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Subscriber from PALO ALTO, CA wrote
Another Er: Emergency room service for CHILDREN seems much better than for adults........
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Subscriber from CAMPBELL, CA wrote
Another Er: best ER experience - fast, efficient, caring and pleasant staff.......
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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 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 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 CAMPBELL, CA wrote
Another Er: POOR.......
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Subscriber from OAKLAND, CA wrote
Another Er: I've been a member off an on since 1946 and find that Kaiser Permanente does..........
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Subscriber from SUNNYVALE, CA wrote
Another Er: Slow service, not responsive to requests for ice packs, excessivley overcharged for ankle wrapping........
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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 HAYWARD, CA wrote
Another Er: There was no staff present at check in when I arrived, but when a nurse..........
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Subscriber from LOS ALTOS, CA wrote
Another Er: My mother, 93, was in the emergency room for a back problem but ended up..........
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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 EL CERRITO, CA wrote
Another Er: My parents have gone to the Emergency Room several times and they received very good..........
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Subscriber from PACIFICA, CA wrote
Another Er: exceptionally quick service for my mother. very patient with her........
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Subscriber from SARATOGA, CA wrote
Another Er: was imfor pneumonia was very well treated however cost for 2 nights $32000.......
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Subscriber from RICHMOND, CA wrote
Another Er: Business office/customer billing not adequately staffed. If a "desk" goes on vacation, or is out..........
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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 GILROY, CA wrote
Another Er: Doctor was very personable, nurses gave personal attention........
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Subscriber from CLAYTON, CA wrote
Another Er: The ER doctors (general medicine) are not always as knowledgeable as they need to be..........
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Subscriber from REDWOOD CITY, CA wrote
Another Er: We had (unfortunately) three trips to the ER with my child this year. In each..........
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