Kaiser Foundation Hospital Medical Ctr.- Sunset in Los Angeles, California - Dialysis Center

Kaiser Foundation Hospital Medical Ctr.- Sunset is a medicare approved dialysis facility center in Los Angeles, California and it has 30 dialysis stations. It is located in Los Angeles county at Dialysis Unit 4700 Sunset Blvd., 2nd Floor, Los Angeles, CA, 90027. You can reach out to the office of Kaiser Foundation Hospital Medical Ctr.- Sunset at (323) 783-5580. This dialysis clinic is managed and/or owned by Kaiser Permanente. Kaiser Foundation Hospital Medical Ctr.- Sunset has the following ownership type - Non-profit. It was first certified by medicare in July, 1977. The medicare id for this facility is 052323 and it accepts patients under medicare ESRD program.

Dialysis Center Profile

NameKaiser Foundation Hospital Medical Ctr.- Sunset
LocationDialysis Unit 4700 Sunset Blvd., 2nd Floor, Los Angeles, California
No. of Dialysis Stations 30
Medicare ID052323
Managed ByKaiser Permanente
Ownership TypeNon-profit
Late Shifts Yes

Contact Information


Dialysis Unit 4700 Sunset Blvd., 2nd Floor, Los Angeles, California, 90027
(323) 783-5580

Map and Direction




Survey of Patient's Experiences

Nephrologists Performance Ratings

Experience MeasureProviderNational Avg.
Patients who reported that nephrologists always communicated and cared for them.64%67%
Patients who reported that nephrologists usually communicated and cared for them.19%15%
Patients who reported that nephrologists sometimes or never communicated and cared for them.17%18%
Patients who gave their nephrologists a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale of 0 (worst possible) to 10 (best possible).73%60%
Patients who gave their nephrologists a rating of 7 or 8 on a scale of 0 (worst possible) to 10 (best possible).17%26%
Patients who gave their nephrologists a rating of 6 or lower on a scale of 0 (worst possible) to 10 (best possible).10%14%

Dialysis Center Staff Performance Ratings

Experience MeasureProviderNational Avg.
Patients who reported that dialysis center staff always communicated well and kept patients as comfortable and pain-free as possible.71%65%
Patients who reported that dialysis center staff usually communicated well and kept patients as comfortable and pain-free as possible.16%18%
Patients who reported that dialysis center staff sometimes or never communicated well and kept patients as comfortable and pain-free as possible.13%17%
Patients who gave their dialysis facility staff a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale of 0 (worst possible) to 10 (best possible).83%67%
Patients who gave their dialysis facility staff a rating of 7 or 8 on a scale of 0 (worst possible) to 10 (best possible).13%23%
Patients who gave their dialysis facility staff a rating of 6 or lower on a scale of 0 (worst possible) to 10 (best possible).4%10%

Overall Dialysis Center Performance Ratings

Experience MeasureProviderNational Avg.
Patients who reported 'YES', their nephrologists and dialysis center staff gave them the information they needed to take care of themselves.82%80%
Patients who reported 'NO', their nephrologists and dialysis center staff did not give them the information they needed to take care of themselves.18%20%
Patients who gave their dialysis center a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale of 0 (worst possible) to 10 (best possible).86%71%
Patients who gave their dialysis center a rating of 7 or 8 on a scale of 0 (worst possible) to 10 (best possible).10%19%
Patients who gave their dialysis center a rating of 6 or lower on a scale of 0 (worst possible) to 10 (best possible).4%10%

Services Offered

  • Hemodialysis
  • Peritoneal Dialysis
  • Home Hemodialysis Training

Patient Distribution

Dialysis Adequacy

For adult patients on hemodialysis, Kt/V should be at least 1.2 and for peritoneal dialysis at least 1.7; that means they are receiving the right amount of dialysis. For pediatric patients, Kt/V should be at least 1.2 on hemodialysis and 1.8 on peritoneal dialysis.
Higher percentages are better.

  • Hemodialysis
    Adult patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center108
    Adult patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.21015
    Percentage of adult hemodialysis patients with Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.298
  • Peritoneal Dialysis
    Adult patients getting regular peritoneal dialysis at the center84
    Adult patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.7808
    Percentage of adult peritoneal dialysis patients with Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.785

Mineral and Bone Disorder

An important goal of dialysis is to maintain normal levels of various minerals in the body, such as calcium. This shows the percentage of patients treated at Kaiser Foundation Hospital Medical Ctr.- Sunset with elevated calcium levels.

Patients in the hypercalcemia summary213
Hypercalcemia patient months2020
Percentage of adult patients with serum calcium greater than 10.2 mg/dL1
Patients in the serum phosphorus summary218
Percentage of patients with serum phosphorus less than 3.5 mg/dL8
Percentage of patients with serum phosphorus from 3.5 to 4.5 mg/dL23
Percentage of patients with serum phosphorus from 4.6 to 5.5 mg/dL31
Percentage of patients with serum phosphorus from 5.6 to 7 mg/dL26
Percentage of patients with serum phosphorus greater than 7 mg/dL13

Vascular Access

The arteriovenous (AV) fistula is considered the best long-term vascular access for hemodialysis because it allows good blood flow, lasts a long time, and is less likely to get infected or cause blood clots than other types of access. Patients who don't have time to get a permanent vascular access before they start hemodialysis treatments may need to use a venous catheter as a temporary access.

Patients included in arteriovenous fistula and catheter summaries 134
Patient months included in arteriovenous fistula and catheter summaries 1254
Percentage of patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center that used an arteriovenous (AV) fistula for their treatment68.3
Percentage of patients receiving treatment through a vascular catheter for 90 days or longer19

Hospitalization Rate

The rate of hospitalization shows you whether patients who were being treated regularly at Kaiser Foundation Hospital Medical Ctr.- Sunset were admitted to the hospital more often (worse than expected), less often (better than expected), or about the same (as expected), compared to similar patients treated at other centers.

Standardized Hospitalization Ratio (SHR) PeriodJanuary, 2024 - December, 2024
Patients in facility's Hospitalization Summary163
Hospitalization Rate in facility114.6 (As Expected)
Hospitalization Rate: Upper Confidence Limit173.2
Hospitalization Rate: Lower Confidence Limit80.9

Readmission Rate

The rate of readmission shows you whether patients who were being treated regularly at Kaiser Foundation Hospital Medical Ctr.- Sunset were readmitted more often (worse than expected), less often (better than expected), or about the same (as expected), compared to similar patients treated at other dialysis centers.

Standardized Readmission Ratio (SRR) PeriodJanuary, 2024 - December, 2024
Readmission Rate in facility32.1 (As Expected)
Readmission Rate: Upper Confidence Limit45.6
Readmission Rate: Lower Confidence Limit20.6

Infection Rate

Hemodialysis treatment requires direct access to the bloodstream, which can be an opportunity for germs to enter the body and cause infection. This information shows how often patients at Kaiser Foundation Hospital Medical Ctr.- Sunset get infections in their blood each year compared to the number of infections expected for the center based on the national average.

Standardized Infection Ratio (SIR) PeriodJanuary, 2024 - December, 2024
Infection Ratio in facility0.75 (As Expected)
SIR: Upper Confidence Limit1.56
SIR: Lower Confidence Limit0.3

Transfusion Summary

Patients with anemia require blood transfusions if their anemia is not managed well by their dialysis center. This information shows whether Kaiser Foundation Hospital Medical Ctr.- Sunset's rate of transfusions is better than expected, as expected, or worse than expected, compared to other centers that treat similar patients.

Standardized Transfusion Ratio (STrR) PeriodJanuary, 2024 - December, 2024
Patients in facility's Transfusion Summary10

Survival Summary

The rate of mortality shows you whether patients who were being treated regularly at Kaiser Foundation Hospital Medical Ctr.- Sunset lived longer than expected (better than expected), did not live as long as expected (worse than expected), or lived as long as expected (as expected), compared to similar patients treated at other facilities.

Standardized Mortality Ratio (SMR) PeriodJanuary, 2021 - December, 2024
Patients in facility's Survival Summary714
Mortality Rate in facility17.7 (As Expected)
Mortality Rate: Upper Confidence Limit26.1
Mortality Rate: Lower Confidence Limit12.5

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Medicare Program: Medicare is a federal government program which provides health insurance to people who are 65 or older. This program also covers certain younger people with disabilities (who receive Social Security Disability Insurance - SSDI), and people with End-Stage Renal Disease (permanent kidney failure requiring dialysis or a transplant, sometimes called ESRD.

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