Los Angeles County Department of Health Services

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Health Services Los Angeles County, officially the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, operates the public hospitals and clinics in Los Angeles County and is the United States' second largest municipal health system, after NYC Health + Hospitals.

The department (sometimes abbreviated as DHS or LADHS) operates an extensive healthcare network made up of Los Angeles General Medical Center, Harbor–UCLA Medical Center, Olive View–UCLA Medical Center, Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center, and numerous outpatient clinics, including two ambulatory care centers and 16 local health clinics. Health Services ran the free health care programs Healthy Way LA and My Health LA from 2007 until 2024, when eligibility and access to California's health care program, Medi-Cal, was expanded. In Fiscal Year 2015–16, Health Services provided healthcare services to over 643,856 unique patients during 2,457,174 patient visits. For Fiscal Year 2015–16, Health Services had an annual budget of US$3,832,724,000. The County funds less than 15% (US$635,492,000) of Health Services' total annual budget.