Heat-related Emergency Hospitalizations for Respiratory Diseases in the Medicare Population

The heat-related risk of hospitalization for respiratory diseases among the elderly has not been quantified in the United States on a national scale. With climate change predictions of more frequent and more intense heat waves, it is of paramount importance to quantify the health risks related to he...

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Veröffentlicht in:	American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 2013-05, Vol.187 (10), p.1098-1103
Hauptverfasser:	BROOKE ANDERSON, G, DOMINICI, Francesca, YUN WANG, MCCORMACK, Meredith C, BELL, Michelle L, PENG, Roger D
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Age Distribution Aged Aged, 80 and over Air pollution Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy Bayes Theorem Beneficiaries Biological and medical sciences Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma Climate change Datasets Emergency Medical Services - methods Emergency Medical Services - statistics & numerical data Estimates Female Generalized linear models Heat Hospitalization Hospitalization - statistics & numerical data Hot Temperature - adverse effects Humans Infections Intensive care medicine Male Medical sciences Medicare Morbidity Older people Patient admissions Pneumology Respiration Disorders - epidemiology Respiratory diseases Risk Temperature effects Trends United States - epidemiology
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