Trends in Critical Care Beds and Use Among Population Groups and Medicare and Medicaid Beneficiaries in the United States: 2000-2010.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To analyze patterns of critical care medicine beds, use, and costs in acute care hospitals in the United States and relate critical care medicine beds and use to population shifts, age groups, and Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries from 2000 to 2010.

Design

Retrospective study of data from the federal Healthcare Cost Report Information System, American Hospital Association, and U.S. Census Bureau.

Subjects

None.

Interventions

None.

Setting

Acute care U.S. hospitals with critical care medicine beds.

Measurements and main results

From 2000 to 2010, U.S. hospitals with critical care medicine beds decreased by 17% (3,586-2,977), whereas the U.S. population increased by 9.6% (282.2-309.3M). Although hospital beds decreased by 2.2% (655,785-

SUBMITTER: Halpern NA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5520973 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature