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

Matthew R P SapianoMargaret A DudeckMinn SoeJonathan R EdwardsErin N O'LearyHsiu WuKatherine Allen-BridsonAgasha AmorRashad ArcementSheri Chernetsky TejedorRay DantesCindy GrossKathryn HaassRebecca KonnorSeth R KroopDenise LeaptrotKent LemoineAllan NkwataKelly PetersonLauren WattenmakerLindsey M Weiner-LastingerDaniel PollockAndrea L Beninnull null

Published in: Infection control and hospital epidemiology (2021)

The NHSN hospital capacity estimates served as important, near-real-time indicators of the pandemic's magnitude, spread, and impact, providing quantitative guidance for the public health response. Use of the estimates detected the rise of hospitalizations in specific geographic regions in June after they declined from a peak in April. Patient outcomes appeared to improve from early April to mid-July.

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