Emergency Visits for Thunderstorm-Related Respiratory Illnesses Among Older Adults

Eric Zou; Christopher Worsham; Nolan H Miller; David Molitor; Julian Reif; Anupam B Jena

doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.1672

Emergency Visits for Thunderstorm-Related Respiratory Illnesses Among Older Adults

JAMA Intern Med. 2020 Sep 1;180(9):1248-1250. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.1672.

Authors

Eric Zou¹, Christopher Worsham², Nolan H Miller³, David Molitor³, Julian Reif³, Anupam B Jena²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Economics, University of Oregon, Eugene.
² Harvard Medical School, Department of Health Care Policy, Boston, Massachusetts.
³ Department of Finance, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana.

Abstract

This cross-sectional study examines the association between thunderstorm-related atmospheric changes and emergency department visits for acute respiratory illnesses among Medicare beneficiaries.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Aged
Asthma / diagnosis*
Asthma / epidemiology*
Asthma / therapy
Emergency Service, Hospital / statistics & numerical data*
Female
Humans
Male
Medicare
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / diagnosis*
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / epidemiology*
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / therapy
Retrospective Studies
United States
Weather*

Abstract

Publication types

MeSH terms

Grants and funding