Importance Many strategies to reduce hospital length of stay (LOS) have been implemented,
but few studies have evaluated hospital-led interventions focused on high-risk populations …

At the time this article was written, the World Health Organization had declared a global
pandemic due to the novel coronavirus disease 2019, the first pandemic since 2009 H1N1 …

Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic challenges hospital
leaders to make time-sensitive, critical decisions about clinical operations and resource …

OBJECTIVES: To determine whether patients admitted to an ICU during times of
unprecedented ICU capacity strain, during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom …

Objectives: To determine whether patients admitted to an ICU during times of strain, when
compared with its own norm (ie accommodating a greater number of patients, higher acuity …

Rationale: Prior approaches to measuring healthcare capacity strain have been constrained
by using individual care units, limited metrics of strain, or general, rather than disease …

A growing literature has documented racial disparities in health outcomes. We argue that
racial disparities may be magnified when hospitals operate at capacity, when behavioral …

Supply–demand mismatch of ward resources (“ward capacity strain”) alters care and
outcomes. Narrow strain definitions and heterogeneous populations limit strain literature …

Simple Summary Previously published data suggest anesthesiologic interventions during
the perioperative period might play a major role in determining patient outcome after tumor …

Rationale: Patients with hospital-acquired sepsis (HAS) experience higher mortality and
delayed care compared with those with community-acquired sepsis. Capacity strain, the …