Below is information on some of LA’s major hospitals. In most cases, they offer emergency services and physician referral programmes, as well as community outreach and educational programmes such as support groups and maternity classes. If you’d like to know how your local hospital fares in comparison to the rest of the nation, The US News & World Report publishes a yearly ranking of the nation’s top hospitals. The results can be found online at www.usnews.com by clicking the ‘Health’ tab at the top of the page.