Lancaster Community Hospital

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Lancaster Community Hospital
Universal Health Services
Geography
Location Lancaster, California, United States
Organization
Care system Private
Hospital type Community
Affiliated university None
Services
Emergency department Basic
Beds 117
History
Founded 1975
Closed 2010
Links
Website http://www.lancastercommunityhospital.net/
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Lancaster Community Hospital (LCH) was a private hospital located in Lancaster, California. It was closed after the opening of Palmdale Regional Medical Center.

Lancaster, California City in California, United States

Lancaster is a charter city in northern Los Angeles County, in the Antelope Valley of the western Mojave Desert in Southern California. As of 2013, Lancaster was the 31st largest city in California. Lancaster is part of a twin city complex with its southern neighbor Palmdale and together they are the principal cities within the Antelope Valley region.

California State of the United States of America

California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States. With 39.6 million residents, California is the most populous U.S. state and the third-largest by area. The state capital is Sacramento. The Greater Los Angeles Area and the San Francisco Bay Area are the nation's second and fifth most populous urban regions, with 18.7 million and 9.7 million residents respectively. Los Angeles is California's most populous city, and the country's second most populous, after New York City. California also has the nation's most populous county, Los Angeles County, and its largest county by area, San Bernardino County. The City and County of San Francisco is both the country's second-most densely populated major city after New York City and the fifth-most densely populated county, behind only four of the five New York City boroughs.

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