Changes in the Number of Intensive Care Unit Beds in U.S. Hospitals During the Early Months of the COVID-19 Pandemic, as reported to the National Healthcare Safety Network's COVID-19 Module

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• Alternative Title:
  Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
• Personal Author:
  Weiner-Lastinger, Lindsey M. ; Dudeck, Margaret A. ; Allen-Bridson, Katherine ; Dantes, Raymund ; Gross, Cindy ; Nkwata, Allan ; Tejedor, Sheri Chernetsky ; Pollock, Daniel ; Benin, Andrea
• Description:
  Using data from the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN), we assessed changes to intensive care unit (ICU) bed capacity during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Changes in capacity varied by hospital type and size. ICU beds increased by 36%, highlighting the pressure placed on hospitals during the pandemic.
• Subjects:
  • COVID-19
  • Hospital Bed Capacity
  • Hospitals
  • Humans
  • Intensive Care Units
  • Pandemics
• Source:
  Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 43(10):1477-1481
• Pubmed ID:
  34078507
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC8314191
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Volume:
  43
• Issue:
  10
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/112217/cdc_112217_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 142.17 KB]
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:37c98f96735f6adaa14d9614f46d07be54ca2c6294761763df629a59d1dea28ead4715cbbeab4b5c6a4732e44fdb64962bff1723ebdf8e409d59398bc686e553