COVID-19 Hospital Facility Impact and Capacity Weekly Reports

Facility-level data on hospital utilization aggregated weekly from July 31, 2020, to May 3, 2024. The dataset, compiled by HHS from HHS TeleTracking and HHS Protect reports, includes metrics like pediatric COVID admissions, ICU bed occupancy, and staff vaccination rates. It covers hospitals registered with CMS but excludes psychiatric, rehabilitation, IHS, VA, and DHA facilities.

Use Cases

• Model pediatric ICU bed demand using `staffed_pediatric_icu_bed_occupancy_7_day_sum` and `previous_day_admission_pediatric_covid_confirmed_0_4_7_day_sum`.
• Analyze weekly trends in adult COVID-19 admissions by age group with columns like `previous_day_admission_adult_covid_confirmed_20-29_7_day_sum`.
• Assess hospital staff vaccination coverage over time using `total_personnel_covid_vaccinated_doses_all_7_day`.
• Track co-circulation of influenza and COVID-19 via `total_patients_hospitalized_confirmed_influenza_and_covid_7_day_coverage`.
• Evaluate emergency department utilization patterns with `previous_day_total_ED_visits_7_day_sum`.

Strengths

• Weekly aggregation provides consistent temporal granularity for trend analysis.
• Facility-level granularity allows for geographic and institutional comparisons.
• Data spans from July 2020 to May 2024, covering multiple pandemic phases.

Limitations

• Data collection ceased after May 3, 2024, limiting analysis to historical periods.
• Suppression is applied for sums and averages below 4, replaced with '-999,999', creating data gaps.
• Excludes psychiatric, rehabilitation, IHS, VA, and DHA facilities, limiting generalizability.

Provenance

Source

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) via datahub.hhs.gov.

Collection Method

Aggregated from facility reports submitted to HHS TeleTracking and HHS Protect by state/territorial health departments.

Time Range

July 31, 2020 to May 3, 2024.

Freshness

Weekly updates ceased after May 3, 2024; data is historical.

Geography

United States, facility-level.