ICU Bed Availability by Median Household Income (IMAGE)

University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

ICU Bed Availability by Median Household Income

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The authors found that approximately half of communities with the lowest median household incomes (less than $35,000) have zero ICU beds per ten thousand residents age fifty or older, compared with just 3 percent of communities with household incomes of at least $90,000.

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Health Affairs, August 2020

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