Empty Hospitals during Pandemic

Hospital bed shortage to hit US by 2032

America's looming hospital bed crisis: How shortages could put patients at risk

Medical errors are the 3rd leading cause of death in the United States. Researchers say the quality of care in hospitals could get even worse as we face a looming hospital bed shortage.

Science Daily · 15h

U.S. facing critical hospital bed shortage by 2032

The new post-pandemic national hospital occupancy average is 75% -- a full 11 percentage points higher than the pre-pandemic average, largely due to a reduction in staffed hospital beds. This puts the U.

Modern Healthcare · 11h

Hospital bed shortage to hit US by 2032: UCLA

The research predicted that 85% of all hospital adult patient beds will be occupied by 2032 and 85% of adult and pediatric beds combined will be occupied by 2035. The greater problem isn't the anticipated higher number of patients but the expectation that staff shortages will continue.

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In China, Financial Stress Stalks Hospitals and Bankruptcies Soar

Still recovering from heavy spending during the pandemic, hospitals are squeezed by a slumping economy and government efforts ...

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Massachusetts and Rhode Island hospital occupancy lead the nation, report says, putting them at highest risk of bed shortages

A new report shows the mean bed occupancy at hospitals across the US went up even as the number health care workers staffing ...

USA Today13d

People are becoming wary of hospitals, leaving waiting rooms empty and doctors concerned

Many in Ballinger’s hospital − which serves a high immigrant ... Her children overheard her conversation on immigration during work at a nonprofit. “Their next question was, ‘Are you ...

HealthDay on MSN16h

U.S. Facing Critical Hospital Bed Shortage

U.S. hospitals could face a bed shortage as early as 2032, with occupancy remaining elevated even as the country rec ...

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