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Originally Posted by Sooner or later
It is far from over. At what point should we become concerned about hospital capacity?
Oklahoma hospital capacity in the Covid exec order reports. ICU down to 7% available in Oklahoma. 316 covid cases in ICU. Oct 1st we had 15% capacity and 220 in ICU. Sept 15th we had 17% and 208. There is still surge capacity if needed if nurses can be found to monitor the surge beds.
https://coronavirus.health.ok.gov/ex...-order-reports |
My understanding is that ICUs are designed to work (and be profitable) at an average of 90% capacity. So if you take 90% as the baseline, 93% utilization doesn't seem that bad. Also, Uncle Sam has promised to pick up the tab for coronavirus treatments, so there is word that many hospitals are admitting people with mild/low symptoms for "observation" to boost profits.