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:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Volume:
  43
• Issue:
  10
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:9e29e5da60f4be1c67015982bb30b316ca403d006231e5fad71a481a0b7e1c58
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/112217/cdc_112217_DS1.pdf
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