Health system PPE supply and spend change during COVID U.S. 2021

A survey of Premier Inc. members found that health systems in the United States had around 30 days of supply of surgical masks on hand during the COVID-19 spikes in 2020. As of March 1, 2021, this supply had increased to 45 days of supply on hand. Purchase order spend for surgical masks increased 1,310 percent from March 2019 to March 2020. This statistic shows the results of an analysis conducted by Premier inc. focusing on the supply of PPE among its health system members in the U.S. during the spikes of COVID-19 in 2020 vs. March 2021, as well as the percentage change in purchase order spend from March 2019 to March 2021.

Supply of PPE among U.S. health systems during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and as of March 2021, and the percent change in purchase order spend*

Characteristic	Inventory days on hand during COVID-19 spikes in 2020	Inventory days on hand (March 1, 2021)	Percent change in purchase order spend, March 2020 vs. March 2019	Percent change in purchase order spend, March 2021 vs. March 2020
N95s and KN95s	23	200	14,302	715
Surgical masks	30	45	1,310	93
Isolation gowns	20	40	428	96
Exam gloves	15	30	51	225

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Release date

April 2021

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United States

Survey time period

March 2020 to March 2021

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* Among Premier Inc. members. "Premier Inc. is a healthcare improvement company uniting an alliance of approximately 4,400 U.S. hospitals and health systems and more than 225,000 other providers and organizations."

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