An “aging population” and reduction in available beds could create a “hospital bed shortage,” researchers say Cara Lynn Shultz is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. Her work has previously ...

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 ...

Montefiore Health System is planning to break down dozens of hospital beds to make space for critical care capacity, sparking backlash from nurses who say the changes could exacerbate overcrowding ...