Association Between Hospital Occupancy Rate and Inpatient Complications During The COVID-19 Pandemic
The incidence of inpatient complications appeared to increase with increasing hospital occupancy. Future disaster preparedness efforts should proactively address widespread workforce shortages to mitigate the effects of hospital occupancy surges.
Authors
- Tracey Pérez Koehlmoos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1377-8615)
- Molly P. Jarman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7117-5869)
- Andrew J. Schoenfeld (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3691-1215)
- Joel S. Weissman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4990-6263)
- Eric Goralnick (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1609-7973)
- Kevin Chuang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-5541-6600)
- Amanda Banaag
- Christian Coles (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-2573-0706)
Institutions
- Henry M. Jackson Foundation (US)
- Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
- Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Military Medicine
- Published
- 2025-11-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/milmed/usaf525
- Primary Topic
- Disaster Response and Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00