Univ Of Ca Irvine Med Ctr

Univ Of Ca Irvine Med Ctr is a Medicare-certified inpatient rehabilitation facility (IRF) located in Orange, California, in Orange County. It has been Medicare-certified since July 1, 1991, and is government-owned. An IRF provides intensive, hospital-level therapy \u2014 often including physical, occupational, and speech therapy \u2014 to help patients regain function after a stroke, surgery, or serious injury, with the goal of returning home rather than remaining in a longer-term care setting.

According to CMS Care Compare data, this facility's rate of discharging patients back to the community is Better than the National Rate, meaning patients here return home after their stay more often than the national benchmark suggests. Its rate of potentially-preventable readmissions during the rehab stay, and after discharge, are both No Different than the National Rate, indicating readmission patterns in line with national experience. For healthcare-associated infections, the C. diff infection measure is reported as No Different than the National Benchmark. A catheter-associated infection measure was not included in this data set.

Taken together, CMS rates this facility better than the national benchmark on 1 of the reported measures, with no measures rated worse than the national benchmark. Where a measure is not reported, it is often due to low patient case counts rather than any indication of quality concerns.

This summary reflects CMS Care Compare data as published; families should verify current details directly with the facility or on Care Compare.