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* [COVID-19 Hospitalization: States](../covid_hosp.md) - daily resolution, state aggregates
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That dataset contain dozens of columns that break down hospital
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That dataset contains dozens of columns that break down hospital
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resource usage in different ways.
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This indicator makes available several commonly-used combinations of
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those columns, aggregated geographically. In particular, we include
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the sum of all adult and pediatric COVID-19 hospital admissions. This
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sum is used as the "ground truth" for hospitalizations by the [Reich
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lab COVID-19 forecast
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hub](https://github.com/reichlab/covid19-forecast-hub/blob/master/data-processed/README.md#hospitalizations).
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sum is used as the "ground truth" for hospitalizations by the [COVID-19
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Forecast Hub](https://github.com/reichlab/covid19-forecast-hub/blob/master/data-processed/README.md#hospitalizations).
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| Signal | Geography | Resolution | Description |
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| --- | --- | --- | --- |
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| `confirmed_admissions_1d` | state | 1 day | Sum of adult and pediatric confirmed COVID-19 hospital admissions occuring each day. |
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| `sum_confirmed_suspected_admissions_1d` | state | 1 day | Sum of adult and pediatric confirmed and suspected COVID-19 hospital admissions occuring each day. |
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| `confirmed_admissions_covid_1d` | state | 1 day | Sum of adult and pediatric confirmed COVID-19 hospital admissions occurring each day. |
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| `sum_confirmed_suspected_admissions_covid_1d` | state | 1 day | Sum of adult and pediatric confirmed and suspected COVID-19 hospital admissions occurring each day. |
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## Table of contents
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HHS collects data from state and territorial health departments about many, but
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not all, hospitals in the U.S. Notably excluded from this dataset are
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psychiatric, rehabilitation, Indian Health Service (IHS) facilities,
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U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) facilities, Defense Health Agency (DHA)
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facilities, and religious non-medical facilities.
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psychiatric and rehabilitation facilities, Indian Health Service (IHS)
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facilities, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) facilities, Defense Health
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Agency (DHA) facilities, and religious non-medical facilities.
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## Lag and Backfill
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HHS issues updates to this data once a week, and occasionally more often. We
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check for updates daily. Lag varies from 0 to 6 days.
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HHS issues updates to this timeseries once a week, and occasionally more
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often. We check for updates daily. Lag varies from 0 to 6 days.
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Occasionally a value published in an early issue will be changed in a subsequent
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issue when additional data becomes known. This effect is known as

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