You can’t just simply pick up a patient and move them from one hospital to another. Not all hospital beds are the same. When we count hospital beds in this country, we count the little bassinets that ...

The United States could be headed for a chronic hospital bed shortage within the next 10 years, a UCLA study warned. An increase in hospital occupancy has been driven by a 16% reduction in the ...

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Even by rural hospital standards, Keokuk County Hospital in Sigourney, Iowa, is small. The 14-bed hospital, in the southeastern part of the state, doesn't do surgeries or deliver babies. The small ...

And health experts are sounding the alarm about hospital bed shortages. ARJUN VENKATESH: When occupancy goes above 85%, the whole system starts working a little bit slower.

There is a shortage of beds in hospitals across the United States. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with doctor Arjun Venkatesh of Yale School about it.

There is a shortage of beds in hospitals across the United States. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with doctor Arjun Venkatesh of Yale School about it.

There is a shortage of beds in hospitals across the United States. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with doctor Arjun Venkatesh of Yale School about it.