US Hospital Bed Capacity Estimates

This dataset was published in the context of COVID-19. As such, there are specific references to it in the data dictionary.

Definitions

• HRR – Hospital Referral Region (HRR), specifying a market within which people generally go to the same hospitals
• Total Hospital Beds – Count of all hospitable beds within an HRR that are set up and staffed
• Total ICU Beds – Count of all ICU beds within an HRR that are set up and staffed
• Available Hospital Beds – How many hospital beds are unoccupied at any given time, on average
• Potentially Available Hospital Beds – How many beds could be available if occupancy rate was reduced by 50% for non-COVID patients; in other words, how many beds would be available if 50 percent of used beds could be freed up
• Available ICU Beds – How many ICU beds are unoccupied on average
• Potentially Available ICU Beds – How many beds could be available if occupancy rate was reduced by 50% for non-COVID patients; in other words, how many beds would be available if 50 percent of used beds could be freed up
• Adult Population – How many people over the age of 18 living within the HRR
• Population 65+ – How many people over the age of 65 living within the HRR
• Projected Infected Individuals – How many individuals over the age of 18 are expected to get infected with COVID-19 over the entire course of the pandemic
• Projected Hospitalized Individuals – How many individuals over the age of 18 are expected to need hospitalization due to COVID-19 over the entire course of the pandemic
• Projected Individuals Needing ICU – How many individuals over the age of 18 are expected to need ICU care due to COVID-19 over the entire course of the pandemic
• Hospital/ICU Beds Needed, X Months – How many hospital/ICU beds would have to be available to care for all patients requiring hospital care within X months
• **Percentage of Available Hospital/ICU Beds Needed, X Months – What percentage of available hospital/ICU beds would need to be committed to COVID patients to care for all patients in X months
• Percentage of Potentially Available Hospital/ICU Beds Needed, X Months – What percentage of potentially available hospital/ICU beds would need to be committed to COVID patients to care for all patients in X months
• Percentage of Total Hospital/ICU Beds Needed, X Months – What percentage of all hospital/ICU beds would need to be committed to COVID patients to care for all patients in X months

Project overview: GlobalEpidemics.org -- source for estimates: HGHI Spreadsheet