Effect of the 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes on preventable hospital admissions: a retrospective cohort study in Japan.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

The Kumamoto earthquakes struck Kumamoto prefecture, in the southwest part of Japan in April 2016. Physical and mental disorders presenting to hospital increased after the 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes. Impaired access to primary care due to the earthquakes may have contributed to this increase. However, it is not known whether the 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes affected access to primary care. The objective of the present study was to investigate the impact of the 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes on short-term health conditions by analysing ambulatory care sensitive conditions (ACSCs), using administrative data from Kumamoto prefecture.

Design

A retrospective cohort study.

Setting

Residents enrolled in National Health Insurance or Late Elders' Health Insura

SUBMITTER: Sasabuchi Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6082481 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature