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. 2023 Dec 1;4(12):e234206. doi: 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2023.4206

Table 3. Changes in Occupancy by Service Line During Low and High COVID-19 Admissions for 45 US Statesa.

Service line Occupancy per 100 beds
2019, Mean (SE)b 2020 with COVID-19, % Low COVID-19 admissions High COVID-19 admissions
Weeks 11-26 Weeks 27-48 Weeks 11-26 Weeks 27-48
Percentage-point change (95% CI) Change relative to mean, %c Percentage-point change (95% CI) Change relative to mean, % Percentage-point change (95% CI) Change relative to mean, % Percentage-point change (95% CI) Change relative to mean, %
Maternal 11.1 (0.2) 1.1 (0.1) −0.6 (−0.7 to −0.5) −5.4 −0.9 (−1.1 to −0.7) −8.1 −1.1 (−1.3 to −0.8) −9.9 −0.7 (−0.9 to −0.5) −6.3
Mental health and substance use disorder 5.7 (0.2) 1.5 (0.1) −0.7 (−0.8 to −0.6) −12.3 −0.4 (−0.7 to −0.2) −7.0 −2.3 (−2.8 to −1.9) −40.4 −0.3 (−0.4 to −0.2) −5.3
Injury 4.2 (0.1) 2.0 (0) −0.4 (−0.4 to −0.3) −9.5 0 (−0.1 to 0.1) 0 −1.2 (−1.3 to −1.0) −28.6 −0.2 (−0.3 to −0.1) −4.8
Surgery 19.7 (0.2) 4.2 (0.1) −3.7 (−3.9 to −3.5) −18.8 −1.2 (−1.4 to −1.0) −6.1 −8.5 (−9.3 to −7.6) −43.1 −2.3 (−2.5 to −2.0) −11.7
Medical 39.4 (0.3) 11.8 (0.1) −7.5 (−7.7 to −7.2) −19.0 −3.3 (−3.7 to −2.9) −8.4 10.7 (9.5 to 11.9) 27.2 12.4 (11.9 to 13.0) 31.5
a

Data are from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project State Inpatient Databases (2019-2020) for 45 US states.

b

All results were weighted by the number of admissions for each hospital in 2019.

c

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 admission rates correspond to less than 1 weekly COVID-19 admission per 100 beds, whereas high COVID-19 admission rates correspond to 15 or more weekly COVID-19 admissions per 100 beds.