Prediction of Unmet Primary Care Needs for the Medically Vulnerable Post-Disaster: An Interrupted Time-Series Analysis of Health System Responses

Prediction of Unmet Primary Care Needs for the Medically Vulnerable Post-Disaster: An Interrupted Time-Series Analysis of Health System Responses

Disasters serve as shocks and precipitate unanticipated disturbances to the health care system. Public health surveillance is generally focused on monitoring latent health and environmental exposure effects, rather than health system performance in response to these local shocks. The following inter...

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Main Authors: Amy B. Martin, Erik R. Svendsen, Jennifer D. Runkle, Hongmei Zhang, Wilfried Karmaus
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2012-09-01
Series:International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Subjects:
technological disaster
vulnerable populations
access to care
ambulatory care sensitive conditions
secondary surge capacity
recovery
health system
forecast modeling
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/9/10/3384

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