US Counties Hit By Severe Climate Disasters 2000 - 2014 Lost Clinics, Hospitals And Pharmacies
Counties that undergo severe climate-related disasters often suffer reduced access to critical health care infrastructure in the years that follow, a study suggests.
The analysis, published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, looked at what happened to hospitals, pharmacies and ambulatory — or outpatient — care facilities after climate-related disasters.
The study used data on health care facility locations, disaster losses and a variety of demographic factors, measuring the number of pharmacies, hospital-based inpatient care and ambulatory care in 3,108 U.S. counties between 2000 and 2014.
Counties that experienced severe climate-related disasters experienced significant decreases in hospital and outpatient care infrastructure, the researchers say.
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