This article is stupid. Houston hospitals are typically full.
Here’s a study from 2017.
“Occupancy was highest in Surgical ICUs (79%), ICUs in federal hospitals (80%), and ICUs of hospitals with 301–750 beds (77%). An analysis of ICUs participating in Project Impact (2005–2007) studied occupancy as a continuous time variable (mean hourly occupancy 68.2%), and by ICU size (higher in ICUs with fewer beds) and hospital type (higher in academic hospitals) (24). A second study also using Project”
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5520980/
Nice find, great point.