Hospital Diversion Suspensions in San Francisco

Hospital Suspensions data tracks system-wide ambulance diversion suspension events in San Francisco. The San Francisco Emergency Medical Services Agency updates the data monthly. It records the date and time when suspensions begin and end, triggered when four or more hospitals simultaneously declare diversion.

Use Cases

• Modeling hospital system stress based on concurrent diversion events mentioned in the description
• Analyzing the frequency and duration of system-wide suspension events
• Correlating suspension periods with other public health or emergency response datasets

Strengths

• Data is updated monthly, providing regular updates.
• Describes a specific, rule-based event (suspension triggered by 4+ hospitals).
• Managed by the San Francisco Emergency Medical Services Agency, an official source.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Freshness should be verified as the last update timestamp is far in the future (2026-03-15).

Provenance

Source

San Francisco Emergency Medical Services Agency

Collection Method

Hospitals voluntarily declare diversion; the agency records system-wide suspension events.

Freshness

Updated monthly; last updated 2026-03-15 03:07:21.324804.

Geography

San Francisco, California, USA