A growing shortage of beds may end up seeing "tens to hundreds of thousands of excess American deaths each year," researchers said.

open image in gallery Should a critical hospital bed shortage not be averted ... we would see tens to hundreds of thousands of excess American deaths each year,” Leuchter explained.

According to a new study from the Journal of the American Medical Association, a potential national hospital bed shortage is upon us based on trends since 2009.

Policymakers also implemented certificate of need (CON) laws to regulate the number of acute care beds, aiming to curb unnecessary hospital spending. Despite their widespread adoption, these laws ...

The eight-story hospital will add 14 pediatric intensive care beds and a 10-bed cardiac intensive care unit on the sixth floor.