U.S. is headed toward a hospital bed shortage, researchers warn
When 85 percent of hospital beds are occupied, two emergency medicine and health-care outcomes experts write in an ...
US Warned of 2032 Hospital Crisis
A growing shortage of beds may end up seeing "tens to hundreds of thousands of excess American deaths each year," researchers said.
EurekAlert!29d
U.S. facing critical hospital bed shortage by 2032
Hospital occupancy is calculated by dividing hospital census by the number of staffed hospital beds. The researchers examined both of these metrics over time, showing that the newly increased ...
Becker's Hospital Review29d
US hospital occupancy to reach 85% in 7 years: UCLA
They then calculated occupancy by dividing hospital census by the number of staffed beds. The analysis found that a 16% decrease in staffed hospital beds, rather than more hospitalizations ...
Fierce Healthcare26d
National hospital occupancy could hit 'dangerous' 85% threshold by 2032, researchers warn
Combining that post-pandemic baseline with U.S. Census Bureau population projections ... “For general hospital beds that are not ICU-level, many consider a bed shortage to occur at an 85% ...
Modern Healthcare27d
Hospital bed shortage to hit US by 2032: UCLA
"[There's] this phenomenon of dormant hospital beds, so beds that are actually there ... for Disease Control and Prevention as well as Census Bureau population projections, among other data ...
Pulmonology Advisor6d
Postpandemic Hospital Occupancy Up to 73.5%, Sparking Concern
US hospital bed occupancy is expected to surpass safety thresholds in less than a decade as it continues increasing.