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Article: Medical care capacity for influenza outbreaks, Los Angeles
Title | Medical care capacity for influenza outbreaks, Los Angeles |
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Issue Date | 2002 |
Citation | Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2002, v. 8, n. 6, p. 569-574 How to Cite? |
Abstract | In December 1997, media reported hospital overcrowding and "the worst [flu epidemic] in the past two decades" in Los Angeles County (LAC). We found that rates of pneumonia and influenza deaths, hospitalizations, and claims were substantially higher for the 1997-98 influenza season than the previous six seasons. Hours of emergency medical services (EMS) diversion (when emergency departments could not receive incoming patients) peaked during the influenza seasons studied; the number of EMS diversion hours per season also increased during the seasons 1993-94 to 1997-98, suggesting a decrease in medical care capacity during influenza seasons. Over the seven influenza seasons studied, the number of licensed beds decreased 12%, while the LAC population increased 5%. Our findings suggest that the capacity of health-care systems to handle patient visits during influenza seasons is diminishing. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/238021 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 7.2 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 2.117 |
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dc.contributor.author | Glaser, Carol A. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Gilliam, Sabrina | - |
dc.contributor.author | Thompson, William W. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Dassey, David E. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Waterman, Stephen H. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Saruwatari, Mitchell | - |
dc.contributor.author | Shapiro, Stanley | - |
dc.contributor.author | Fukuda, Keiji | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-02-03T02:12:38Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2017-02-03T02:12:38Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2002 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2002, v. 8, n. 6, p. 569-574 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 1080-6040 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/238021 | - |
dc.description.abstract | In December 1997, media reported hospital overcrowding and "the worst [flu epidemic] in the past two decades" in Los Angeles County (LAC). We found that rates of pneumonia and influenza deaths, hospitalizations, and claims were substantially higher for the 1997-98 influenza season than the previous six seasons. Hours of emergency medical services (EMS) diversion (when emergency departments could not receive incoming patients) peaked during the influenza seasons studied; the number of EMS diversion hours per season also increased during the seasons 1993-94 to 1997-98, suggesting a decrease in medical care capacity during influenza seasons. Over the seven influenza seasons studied, the number of licensed beds decreased 12%, while the LAC population increased 5%. Our findings suggest that the capacity of health-care systems to handle patient visits during influenza seasons is diminishing. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Emerging Infectious Diseases | - |
dc.title | Medical care capacity for influenza outbreaks, Los Angeles | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.description.nature | link_to_OA_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.3201/eid0806.010370 | - |
dc.identifier.pmid | 12023911 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-0036100089 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 8 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 6 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 569 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 574 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000175851000006 | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 1080-6040 | - |