Tropical cyclone exposure is associated with increased hospitalization rates in older adults

Tropical cyclones can cause severe damage and can thus have devastating impacts on societies. Here, the authors use Medicare data to show that tropical cyclone exposure in the United States is associated with increased hospitalization rates for older adults from many different acute causes.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Robbie M. Parks, G. Brooke Anderson, Rachel C. Nethery, Ana Navas-Acien, Francesca Dominici, Marianthi-Anna Kioumourtzoglou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-03-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21777-1