US Hospital COVID-19 Impact and Bed Capacity Weekly Facility Data

HHS provides weekly aggregated facility-level data on hospital utilization for COVID-19 and influenza. The dataset covers hospitals registered with CMS and includes non-CMS reporters, starting from July 31, 2020. Data is derived from HHS TeleTracking and state health department reports submitted to HHS Protect.

Use Cases

• Forecast `all_adult_hospital_inpatient_beds_7_day_coverage` using `previous_day_admission_adult_covid_confirmed_18-19_7_day_sum` and other age-group admission sums for resource planning.
• Analyze geographic disparities in ICU strain by joining `staffed_icu_adult_patients_confirmed_and_suspected_covid_7_day_coverage` with `State Code` and `FIPS Code`.
• Monitor pediatric hospitalization trends for COVID-19 and influenza using `total_pediatric_patients_hospitalized_confirmed_and_suspected_covid_7_day_avg` and `total_patients_hospitalized_confirmed_influenza_and_covid_7_day_avg`.
• Assess data reporting completeness and reliability by analyzing `_coverage` columns across different facility subtypes and states.

Strengths

• Facility-level granularity enables detailed geographic and institutional analysis.
• Weekly time-series aggregation supports trend analysis over multiple years starting July 2020.
• Includes multiple metrics per facility (coverage, sum, average) for key capacity and patient impact indicators.

Limitations

• Influenza field coverage is noted as 'varied' due to being optional, limiting comparability.
• Sums and averages are suppressed and replaced with '-999,999' for values based on fewer than four reports, creating data gaps.
• Excludes psychiatric, rehabilitation, IHS, VA, and DHA facilities, limiting the view of the total healthcare system.

Provenance

Source

U.S. Federal Health and Human Services (HHS), via HHS TeleTracking and HHS Protect state reports.

Collection Method

Aggregated from facility-level reports submitted to HHS, with deduplication applied to prevent double-counting.

Time Range

From July 31, 2020 onward.

Freshness

Updated weekly.

Geography

United States, covering hospitals registered with CMS and additional non-CMS reporting facilities.