Ambient heat and risks of emergency department visits among adults in the United States: time stratified case crossover study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To quantify the association between ambient heat and visits to the emergency department (ED) for any cause and for cause specific conditions in the conterminous United States among adults with health insurance.

Design

Time stratified case crossover analyses with distributed lag non-linear models.

Setting

US nationwide administrative healthcare claims database.

Participants

All commercial and Medicare Advantage beneficiaries (74.2 million) aged 18 years and older between May and September 2010 to 2019.

Main outcome measures

Daily rates of ED visits for any cause, heat related illness, renal disease, cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease, and mental disorders based on discharge diagnosis codes.

Results

21 996 670 ED visits were recor

SUBMITTER: Sun S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9397126 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature