Table 1. Changes in Inpatient Occupancy During Low and High COVID-19 Admissions for 45 US Statesa.
| Sample | Inpatient occupancy per 100 beds | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019, Mean (SE)b | Percentage-point change (95% CI)c | ||
| Low COVID-19 admissions | High COVID-19 admissions | ||
| All hospitals | 73.4 (0.5) | −9.3 (−9.8 to −8.9) | 5.8 (5.0 to 6.6) |
| Time period | |||
| Weeks 11-26 | 73.4 (0.5) | −11.6 (−12.0 to −11.2) | −1.1 (−2.5 to 0.3) |
| Weeks 27-48 | 72.2 (0.5) | −5.2 (−6.0 to −4.5) | 9.1 (8.4 to 9.7) |
| Hospital location | |||
| Metropolitan, large central | 77.8 (1.0) | −9.2 (−10.0 to −8.3) | 4.5 (2.8 to 6.1) |
| Metropolitan, other | 74.3 (0.6) | −10.3 (−11.0 to −9.7) | 6.0 (5.1 to 6.9) |
| Micropolitan | 51.9 (1.2) | −7.4 (−8.1 to −6.7) | 10.1 (8.5 to 11.8) |
| Rural, noncore | 36.5 (1.5) | −5.6 (−6.3 to −5.0) | 10.0 (6.2 to 13.7) |
| All hospitals, weighted by admission by race and ethnicityd | |||
| Hispanic | 75.1 (0.9) | −9.9 (−10.5 to −9.2) | 6.7 (5.5 to 8.0) |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 75.9 (0.7) | −9.3 (−10.0 to −8.6) | 4.7 (3.4 to 6.0) |
| Non-Hispanic White | 72.6 (0.5) | −9.4 (−9.8 to −8.9) | 5.8 (5.0 to 6.6) |
| Othere | 75.9 (0.8) | −9.6 (−10.3 to −8.9) | 4.4 (2.9 to 5.8) |
Data are from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project State Inpatient Databases (2019-2020) for 45 US states.
Means and regressions were weighted by the number of admissions for each hospital in 2019.
Changes compared outcomes for each hospital-week in weeks 11 to 48 of 2020 to the corresponding hospital-week in 2019 (ie, regression models included hospital-week fixed effects). Low COVID-19 admissions correspond to less than 1 weekly COVID-19 admission per 100 beds, whereas high COVID-19 admissions correspond to 15 or more weekly COVID-19 admissions per 100 beds.
Means and regressions weighted by number of admissions in 2019 by race and ethnicity. Analyses related to patient race and ethnicity excluded 5 states that had more than 5% of these data missing (Louisiana, Montana, North Dakota, Nebraska, and West Virginia).
Includes non-Hispanic American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian or Pacific Islander, or multiple races or ethnicities.