This is a list of hospitals in California (U.S. state), grouped by County and sorted by hospital name. In healthcare in California, only a General Acute Care Hospital (GACH) or Acute Psychiatric Hospital (APH), as licensed by the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) can refer to themselves as a "Hospital." As of 2018, the CPHD Center for Health Care Quality Cal Health Find database reports 422 General Acute Care Hospitals statewide, as well as 128 Acute Psychiatric Care.