Hospital bed shortage to hit US by 2032

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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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.
U.S. Facing Critical Hospital Bed Shortage
“For general hospital beds that are not ICU-level, many consider a bed shortage to occur at an 85% national hospital occupancy, marked by unacceptably long waiting times in emergency departments, medication errors, and other in-hospital adverse events,” Leuchter said.
Study suggests US facing critical hospital bed shortage by 2032
U.S. hospital occupancy after the end of the COVID-19 pandemic is significantly higher than it was before the pandemic, setting the stage for a hospital bed shortage as early as 2032, new research suggests.
Hospital bed shortage could hit crisis levels by 2032
In a nutshell U.S. hospitals are operating at 75% capacity (up from 64% pre-pandemic) not because more people are sick, but because the healthcare system has lost 128,000 staffed beds since 2019, equivalent to closing 160 average-sized hospitals Without significant changes,
The U.S. Will Soon Have a Hospital Bed Shortage, Study Finds
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US Warned of 2032 Hospital Crisis
A growing shortage of beds may end up seeing "tens to hundreds of thousands of excess American deaths each year," researchers said.
US Hospitals Face Impending Bed Crisis As Early As 2032
US hospitals are on track for a crisis in as little as seven years. This stark warning comes from a group of researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) who are concerned about trends in hospital bed occupancy and staffing across the country since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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US hospital occupancy to reach 85% in 7 years: UCLA
Study predicts U.S. hospital occupancy to rise from 75% to 85% by 2032, posing a potential hospital bed shortage and increased risk of adverse events.
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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 ...