Manmade earthquakes and healthcare visits for anxiety disorders in Oklahoma, 2010-2019.

ABSTRACT: Since 2010, seismicity in Oklahoma has increased from wastewater injection. It remains unknown if these earthquakes have resulted in increased treatment seeking for mental healthcare services.

Methods

Using data from a nationwide United States patient-level commercial and Medicare Advantage claims database from 2010 to 2019, we identified healthcare encounters for anxiety disorders using diagnostic codes and subclassified them as adjustment reaction; anxiety-related disorders; physical symptoms of anxiety; and stress disorders. With U.S. Geological Survey Advanced National Seismic System data, we generated county-level 6-month rolling counts of felt earthquakes (≥M 4) and linked them to patient residential county at the time of the healthcare visit. In this repeated measures,

SUBMITTER: Elser H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9916016 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature