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. 2024 Sep 3;7(9):e2432578.
doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.32578.

Hospital Capacity Data and Extreme Heat Event Vulnerability

Hussam Mahmoud  1   2   3 , Meghana Gadgil  1   4   5 , Emad M Hassan  2 , Michael Martin  1 , Enrico G Castillo  1   6 , Stephanie Diem  1   7 , Elena Krieger  1   8
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Hospital Capacity Data and Extreme Heat Event Vulnerability

Hussam Mahmoud et al. JAMA Netw Open. .
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This qualitative study examines how regional health care capacity is associated with extreme heat event vulnerability.

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Conflict of Interest Disclosures: None reported.

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Figure 1.
Figure 1.. US Heat Days, Heat-Related Hospitalizations, and Expected Reductions in US Hospital Beds
A, Graph shows the mean number of heat days calculated according to the data reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for US counties using relative threshold, 99th percentile-heat metric, and daily maximum temperature. The figure includes the change in the spatial distribution of the maximum number of heat waves per year between 1979 and 2020. Line denotes the mean, shaded areas denote the 95% CI, and dots denote outliers. B, Graph shows the increase in the total number of heat-related hospitalization cases in the US, including emergency department (ED) visits (increase of 1436 per year) and hospital admissions (increase of 153 per year). Lines denote the means, shaded areas denote the 95% CI, and dots denote outliers. C, Graph shows the projected increase of the number of extreme heat days for 2 different climate scenarios, Representative Concentration Pathway (RCP) 4.5 and RCP 8.5. D, Graph shows the reduction in the total number of US hospital beds.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.. Extreme Heat Vulnerability and Hospital Capacity in Extreme Heat in the US
Figure shows the extreme heat vulnerability for 2020 (A) and 2035 (B), and hospital capacity in extreme heat for 2020 (C) and 2035 (D).
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