Pennsylvania Hospital Bed Capacity by Facility and County

PA Hospital Capacity Data lists facility names, counties, and licensed bed counts for hospitals in Pennsylvania, serving as a proxy for service capacity. The dataset is 14.8 KB in size. It was published by Ali Khosravi Kazazi on the figshare platform and was last updated on April 7, -2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze county-level bed distribution using the 'counties' and 'licensed bed counts' columns.
• Model regional healthcare capacity by joining facility names with external demographic datasets.
• Benchmark facility sizes by comparing licensed bed counts across different hospital names.

Strengths

• Data is openly licensed under CC-BY-4.0.
• Includes three specific data fields: facility names, counties, and licensed bed counts.

Limitations

• The dataset is very small at 14.8 KB, indicating a limited number of rows or features.
• No temporal coverage or row count is provided, limiting analysis of trends or scale.
• Data may be geographically biased, covering only Pennsylvania facilities.

Provenance

Source

figshare, author Ali Khosravi Kazazi.

Collection Method

Licensed bed counts used as a proxy for service capacity; specific collection method unknown.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated on April 7, -2026.

Geography

Pennsylvania, United States (inferred from title and county data).