The Effects of Temperature on Accident and Emergency Department Attendances in London: A Time-Series Regression Analysis.

ABSTRACT: The epidemiological research relating mortality and hospital admissions to ambient temperature is well established. However, less is known about the effect temperature has on Accident and Emergency (A&E) department attendances. Time-series regression analyses were conducted to investigate the effect of temperature for a range of cause- and age-specific attendances in Greater London (LD) between 2007 to 2012. A seasonally adjusted Poisson regression model was used to estimate the percent change in daily attendances per 1 °C increase in temperature. The risk of overall attendance increased by 1.0% (95% CI 0.8, 1.4) for all ages and 1.4% (1.2, 1.5) among 0- to 15-year-olds. A smaller but significant increase in risk was found for cardiac, respiratory, cerebrovascular and psychiatric presentat

SUBMITTER: Corcuera Hotz I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7142952 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature