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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion docs/api/covid_hosp.md
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and [COVID-19 Reported Patient Impact and Hospital Capacity by State](https://healthdata.gov/dataset/COVID-19-Reported-Patient-Impact-and-Hospital-Capa/6xf2-c3ie) (published on an irregular schedule, every 1-6 days)
- Temporal Resolution: Daily, starting 2020-01-01
- Spatial Resolution: US States plus DC, PR, and VI
- Open access via [Open Data Commons Open Database License (ODbL)](https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1.0/)
- Open Access: [Public Domain US Government](https://www.usa.gov/government-works)
- Versioned by Delphi according to "issue" date, which is the date that the
dataset was published by HHS.

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- Geographic resolution: healthcare facility (address, city, zip, fips)
- Temporal resolution: weekly (Friday -- Thursday)
- First week: 2020-07-31
- Open access via [Open Data Commons Open Database License (ODbL)](https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1.0/)
- Open Access: [Public Domain US Government](https://www.usa.gov/government-works)
- Versioned by Delphi according to the date that the dataset was published by
HHS. New versions are expected to be published roughly weekly.

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This data source provides metadata about healthcare facilities in the US.
- Data source: [US Department of Health & Human Services](https://healthdata.gov/Hospital/COVID-19-Reported-Patient-Impact-and-Hospital-Capa/anag-cw7u) (HHS)
- Total number of facilities: 4922
- Open access via [Open Data Commons Open Database License (ODbL)](https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1.0/)
- Open Access: [Public Domain US Government](https://www.usa.gov/government-works)

# The API

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* **Date of last change:** Never
* **Available for:** state, hhs, nation (see [geography coding docs](../covidcast_geography.md))
* **Time type:** day (see [date format docs](../covidcast_times.md))
* **License:** [Open Data Commons Open Database License (ODbL)](https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1-0/)
* **License:** [Public Domain US Government](https://www.usa.gov/government-works)

The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) publishes several
datasets on patient impact and hospital capacity. One of these
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## Source and Licensing

This indicator mirrors and lightly aggregates data originally
published by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services under an
[Open Data Commons Open Database License
(ODbL)](https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1-0/). The ODbL
permits sharing, transformation, and redistribution of data or derived
works so long as all public uses are distributed under the ODbL and
attributed to the source. For more details, consult the official
license text.
published by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.
As a work of the US government, the original data is in the
[public domain](https://www.usa.gov/government-works).