To better understand how the pandemic affected hospitals, the Lown Institute analyzed the number of weeks from March 1, 2020, to Feb. 28, 2021, in which hospitals had at least 10 percent of inpatient beds filled with COVID-19 patients as reported in CDC data.
The following hospitals had the greatest COVID burdens of the hospitals in their city, measured as the number of weeks with at least 10 percent of beds with COVID-19 patients. Some hospitals’ COVID burden was double the regional average.
Find the full analysis and Lown Institute’s methodology here.
Atlanta
Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center
COVID burden: 41 weeks
Regional average: 26 weeks
Baltimore
MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center
COVID burden: 39 weeks
Regional average: 20 weeks
Boston
Boston Medical Center
COVID burden: 22 weeks
Regional average: 14 weeks
Charlotte
Atrium Health Pineville
COVID burden: 35 weeks
Regional average: 23 weeks
Chicago
Swedish Covenant Hospital
COVID burden: 37 weeks
Regional average: 20 weeks
Cleveland
UH Cleveland Medical Center
COVID burden: 29 weeks
Regional average: 13 weeks
Dallas
Baylor University Medical Center
COVID burden: 42 weeks
Regional average: 21 weeks
Detroit
Detroit Receiving Hospital and University Health Center
COVID burden: 20 weeks
Regional average: 14 weeks
Fort Worth
JPS Health Network
COVID burden: 38 weeks
Regional average: 25 weeks
Houston
St. Luke’s Hospital at the Vintage
COVID burden: 34 weeks
Regional average: 20 weeks
Indianapolis
Franciscan Health Indianapolis
COVID burden: 33 weeks
Regional average: 14 weeks
Kansas City
Research Medical Center
COVID burden: 30 weeks
Regional average: 12 weeks
Los Angeles
Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital
COVID burden: 42 weeks
Regional average: 23 weeks
Miami
West Kendall Baptist Hospital
COVID burden: 45 weeks
Regional average: 28 weeks
New York
Mount Sinai Hospital
COVID burden: 31 weeks
Regional average: 21 weeks
Phoenix
Abrazo Central Campus
COVID burden: 33 weeks
Regional average: 22 weeks
Queens (New York City)
Flushing Hospital Medical Center
COVID burden: 35 weeks
Regional average: 23 weeks
St. Louis
Christian Hospital Northeast-Northwest
COVID burden: 39 weeks
Regional average: 12 weeks
Washington, D.C.
MedStar Washington Hospital Center
COVID burden: 39 weeks
Regional average: 22 weeks
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