Florence Nightingale and the Conundrum of Counting ICU Beds*

Department of Critical Care Medicine; and Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine; and Department of Health Policy and Management, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, PA * See also p. 2452. Dr. Wallace received support for article research from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). His institution received funding from the NIH NHLBI-K08-HL122478. Dr. Kahn disclosed that he does not have any potential conflicts of interest.