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Estimating Needed US Hospital beds
2022-01-14
[AHA] WHAT WE HAVE.

Number of U.S. Community 1 Hospitals 5,141
Number of Nongovernment Not-for-Profit Community Hospitals 2,946
Number of Investor-Owned (For-Profit) Community Hospitals 1,233
Number of State and Local Government Community Hospitals 962
Number of Federal Government Hospitals 208
Number of Nonfederal Psychiatric Hospitals 625
Other 2 Hospitals 116
Total Staffed Beds in All U.S. Hospitals 919,559
Staffed Beds in Community 1 Hospitals 787,995

Intensive Care Beds 3 in Community Hospitals (FY2019 data to be updated 2/21)

Medical-Surgical Intensive Care 4 Beds
in Community Hospitals 55,663

Cardiac Intensive Care 5 Beds in Community Hospitals 15,160

Neonatal Intensive Care 6 Beds in Community Hospitals 22,721
Pediatric Intensive Care 7 Beds in Community Hospitals 5,115
Burn Care 8 Beds in Community Hospitals 1,198
Other Intensive Care 9 Beds in Community Hospitals 7,419
Total Admissions in All U.S. Hospitals 36,241,815

Admissions in Community 1 Hospitals 34,078,100

Total Expenses for All U.S. Hospitals $1,161,032,419,000
Expenses for Community 1 Hospitals $1,056,497,068,000

Number of Rural Community Hospitals 1,805
Number of Urban Community Hospitals 3,336
Number of Community Hospitals in a System 10 3,453

BED USAGE PROJECTION FOR 1-13-2022
51% of all US Hospital Beds are expected to be filled.
It appears the problem is NOT Beds. It is the needed Medical Stafff to support them.....

Posted by:NN2N1

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