Acute Care Hospital

Uci Health - Placentia Linda

1301 N Rose Drive, Placentia, CA 92870
2 out of 5 Stars Why 2 stars? Uci Health - Placentia Linda's 2-star rating reflects roughly average performance across all CMS quality domains.

CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating · Uci Health - Placentia Linda

How was Uci Health - Placentia Linda's 2-star rating calculated?

The CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating applies to acute care hospitals like Uci Health - Placentia Linda. CMS standardizes every underlying measure against the national rate, computes a weighted score for each of five domains, sums them by the fixed weights below, and assigns 1–5 stars using k-means clustering across all reporting hospitals.

Domains that fed Uci Health - Placentia Linda's rating
Domain Weight Measures reported Hospital performance vs. national
Mortality 22% 0 of 7 Not reported
Safety of Care 22% 0 of 19 Not reported
Readmissions 22% 2 of 6 0 better 1 same 1 worse
Timely & Effective Care 12% 0 of 22 Not reported
Patient Experience 22% HCAHPS Not reported

How star meaning varies by hospital type. This CMS Overall Star Rating only applies to acute care hospitals. Children's hospitals (Pediatric Quality), psychiatric hospitals (IPFQR), inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRF QRP), long-term acute care hospitals (LTACH QRP), and VA medical centers each use separate quality programs designed for their patient populations. Comparing star ratings across these facility types isn't meaningful — see the methodology page for the full mapping of which program applies to which facility.

How CareRanks computes ratings → · CMS official methodology ↗

Quality measures

Mortality

Measures the rate at which patients die within 30 days of hospital admission for specific conditions. A lower mortality rate indicates better outcomes.

Safety of Care

Tracks hospital-acquired infections, surgical complications, and other patient safety indicators. Lower rates indicate better safety practices.

Readmissions

Same as National Average

Measures how often patients return to the hospital within 30 days of discharge. Lower readmission rates suggest effective treatment and discharge planning.

Underlying measures: 30-day Readmission, Pneumonia As expected Hospital score: 1.00 Sample size: 164 Reporting period: 07/01/2021 – 06/30/2024 CMS measure id: READM-30-PN-HRRP 30-day Readmission, Heart Failure Worse than expected Hospital score: 1.05 Sample size: 93 Reporting period: 07/01/2021 – 06/30/2024 CMS measure id: READM-30-HF-HRRP 30-day Readmission, Bypass Surgery Hospital score: — Reporting period: 07/01/2021 – 06/30/2024 CMS measure id: READM-30-CABG-HRRP 30-day Readmission, COPD Hospital score: — Reporting period: 07/01/2021 – 06/30/2024 CMS measure id: READM-30-COPD-HRRP 30-day Readmission, Heart Attack Hospital score: — Reporting period: 07/01/2021 – 06/30/2024 CMS measure id: READM-30-AMI-HRRP 30-day Readmission, Hip/Knee Replacement Hospital score: — Reporting period: 07/01/2021 – 06/30/2024 CMS measure id: READM-30-HIP-KNEE-HRRP

Patient Experience

Based on the HCAHPS survey — patient satisfaction with communication, cleanliness, pain management, and discharge information.

Timely & Effective Care

Measures how quickly the hospital provides important treatments such as antibiotics for pneumonia or interventions for heart attacks.

Pricing & Costs

Facility Information

Facility type
Acute Care Hospitals
Ownership
Proprietary
Emergency services
No

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About this data

Quality and ratings data are sourced from the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Hospital Compare program. Star ratings are CMS's own calculation; CareRanks does not modify or re-weight them. Facility-level details (address, beds, ownership, teaching status) come from CMS provider files and the CMS Provider of Services file.

Pricing data, where shown, is drawn from the hospital's own Machine-Readable File (MRF) published under the federal Hospital Price Transparency Rule. See our methodology for the full update cadence and limitations.

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