Measuring the Impact of Disasters Using Publicly Available Data: Application to Hurricane Sandy (2012)
- Steven Mongin; Sherry Baron; Rebecca Schwartz; Bian Liu; Emanuela Taioli; Hyun Kim
PMID: 29206990DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwx194
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This study looked at approaches to approximating health effects of a disaster, given the challenges faced due to time and resource constraints. Using Hurricane Sandy in 2012 as an example, it examined hospital admissions data, including patient demographic characteristics, to analyze the effects on the population in the first 2 months post-disaster.Tags
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