COVID-19 Hospital Data Coverage: Facilities in Suspense Status

U.S. hospital data coverage for COVID-19, influenza, and RSV, reported to the CDC's National Healthcare Safety Network. The dataset tracks facilities in a suspense status for Conditions of Participation (CoP) requirements and includes metrics on patient hospitalizations, ICU usage, and admissions. Data updates ceased after May 3, 2024, when mandatory reporting ended.

Use Cases

• Monitor facility compliance status using `suspend_reason` and `provider_subtype` (from over 40 available columns).
• Analyze adult and pediatric ICU strain for influenza using `staffed_icu_adult_patients_confirmed_influenza` and `staffed_icu_pediatric_patients_confirmed_influenza`.
• Track daily COVID-19 admissions trends with `previous_day_admission_adult_covid_confirmed` and `previous_day_admission_pediatric_covid_confirmed`.
• Assess hospital bed and ventilator capacity with `all_adult_hospital_inpatient_bed_occupied`, `total_icu_beds`, and `ventilators_used`.

Strengths

• Includes data on multiple respiratory viruses (COVID-19, influenza, RSV) across adult and pediatric populations.
• Contains over 40 columns detailing hospital capacity, admissions, and supply metrics.
• Data is sourced from a federal reporting system (CDC's NHSN) via datahub.hhs.gov.

Limitations

• Data freshness is limited; reporting became voluntary after May 3, 2024, and the dataset is no longer updated.
• Row count and total size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata indicates several fields related to personnel and patient vaccination doses were removed and are federally inactive.

Provenance

Source

datahub.hhs.gov, from CDC's National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN).

Collection Method

Mandatory hospital reporting until May 2024, then voluntary.

Time Range

Data spans the period of mandatory reporting; specific start date is unknown.

Freshness

Last updated 2025-07-03 14:26:20; updates ceased after May 3, 2024.

Geography

United States.