Increasing the rate of staffed hospital beds or reducing the occupancy rate by just 10 percent over the next decade could offset the crisis, the researchers in the underlying study write.

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

The report attributes the high occupancy rate to “a 16% reduction in the number of staffed U.S. hospital beds,” rather than any increases in hospitalizations. Lisa Tomasso, a spokesperson for the ...

The hospital bed occupancy rate topped 40 percent in Saitama and Osaka prefectures. The bed occupancy rates surged by 10 percentage points or more from the previous week in 12 prefectures ...

North Carolina lawmakers are considering bills to remove Certificate of Need (CON) requirements for health care services ...

Massachusetts has the second-highest hospital bed occupancy rate in the nation. Only Rhode Island has a higher demand.

Massachusetts has the second-highest hospital bed occupancy in the nation - 86% - according to a recent study from the American Medical Association.