Kaiser Health News, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
| Details | Intensive care unit beds |
|---|---|
| Topics | Hospital capacity, COVID-19 |
| Source | Kaiser Health News |
| Years Available | 2019 |
| Geographies | county |
| Public Edition or Subscriber-only | Public Edition |
| Download Available | yes |
| For more information | https://khn.org/news/as-coronavirus-spreads-widely-millions-of-older-americans-live-in-counties-with-no-icu-beds/ |
| Last updated on PolicyMap | March 2020 |
Description:
Intensive care units (ICU) are stocked with the specialized equipment needed to save the lives of people hospitalized with the most severe COVID-19 symptoms. Kaiser Health News estimated the number of available ICU beds in each county using data from the Healthcare Provider Cost Reporting Information System database, published by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). For this analysis, Kaiser Health News included intensive care unit beds, surgical intensive care unit beds, coronary care unit beds, and burn intensive care unit beds reported by CMS. These calculations do not include intensive care unit beds in Veterans Affairs hospitals.