Hospital Readiness For COVID-19

Across the nation, concerns are mounting that the need for hospital beds will overwhelm national capacity as the COVID-19 outbreak expands, placing severe strains on the health care system and limiting patient access to necessary care. A report from the Urban Institute presents estimates of the number of occupied versus unoccupied beds at national, state, and county levels.

The report can be obtained at https://www.urban.org/sites/default/files/publication/101864/hospital-readiness-for-covid-19_2.pdf.