Impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on US Hospitals and Patients, April-July 2020.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The rapid spread of severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) throughout key regions of the United States in early 2020 placed a premium on timely, national surveillance of hospital patient censuses. To meet that need, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN), the nation's largest hospital surveillance system, launched a module for collecting hospital coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) data. We present time-series estimates of the critical hospital capacity indicators from April 1 to July 14, 2020.

Design

From March 27 to July 14, 2020, the NHSN collected daily data on hospital bed occupancy, number of hospitalized patients with COVID-19, and the availability and/or use of mechanical ventilators. Ti

SUBMITTER: Sapiano MRP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7943952 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature