Evaluating California nursing homes' emergency preparedness for wildfire exposure.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The relationship between the risk of exposure to environmental hazards and the emergency preparedness of nursing homes is not well-understood. This study evaluates the association between wildfire exposure risk and nursing home emergency preparedness.

Methods

From a sample of Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) certified nursing homes in California, we determined the prevalence of "exposed" facilities that were located within 5 km of a wildfire risk area, as informed by a field-tested model. Among the 1182 nursing homes, we identified emergency preparedness deficiencies from January 2017 to December 2019. We estimated associations between exposure and emergency preparedness deficiencies using unadjusted and adjusted generalized estimating equations with

SUBMITTER: Festa N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10023274 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature