Association Between the 2021 Heat Wave in Portland, Oregon, and Seattle, Washington, and Emergency Department Visits

Amruta Nori-Sarma; Chad Milando; Kate R Weinberger; Jeremy J Hess; Nicole A Errett; Gregory A Wellenius

doi:10.1001/jama.2022.20665

Association Between the 2021 Heat Wave in Portland, Oregon, and Seattle, Washington, and Emergency Department Visits

JAMA. 2022 Dec 20;328(23):2360-2362. doi: 10.1001/jama.2022.20665.

Authors

Amruta Nori-Sarma¹, Chad Milando¹, Kate R Weinberger², Jeremy J Hess³, Nicole A Errett³, Gregory A Wellenius¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Environmental Health, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts.
² School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
³ Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington School of Public Health, Seattle.

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This study used a health care claims data set of enrollees in commercial and Medicare Advantage insurance plans to assess the association between the June 2021 heat wave and the rates of emergency department visits in Portland, Oregon, and Seattle, Washington.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Emergency Service, Hospital* / statistics & numerical data
Hot Temperature* / adverse effects
Infrared Rays* / adverse effects
Medicaid
Oregon / epidemiology
Washington / epidemiology

Plain language summary

Publication types

MeSH terms

Grants and funding