How many walked through the door?: The effect of hurricane katrina evacuees on houston emergency departments

Medical Care

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 998-1001

  Mortensen, Karoline ^a   Dreyfuss, Zachary ^b  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Disaster response; Emergency department; Hurricane Katrina; Utilization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISASTER; DISASTER MEDICINE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HURRICANE; MEDICAL CARE; COMMUNITY CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INSURANCE; MORBIDITY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFUGEE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; LOUISIANA; MORBIDITY; NATURAL DISASTERS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFUGEES; RELIEF WORK; TEXAS; UNCOMPENSATED CARE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 50949114209     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3181792573     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. The White House. The federal response to hurricane Katrina: lessons learned. Report. Available at: http://www.whitehouse.gov/reports/katrina- lessons-learned/index.html. Accessed August 28, 2007.
2. Riley WJ. Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: professionally fulfilling, personally painful. J Healthcare Poor Underserved. 2007;18:229-232.
3. Bryant S, Garza C. School bus commandeered by renegade refugees first to arrive at Astrodome. Houston Chronicle. September 1, 2005. Available at: http://chron.com/disp/story.mpl/topstory2/3334317.html. Accessed June 7, 2007.
4. Harris County Joint Information Center. Available at: http://hcjic.org/. Accessed April 30, 2007.
5. Wolf, R. What does a health crisis look like? See Houston. USA Today. June 18, 2007. Available at: http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/ 2007-06-18-texas-health-care-N.htm.
6. Begley CE, Chang Y, Wood RC, et al. Emergency department diversion and trauma mortality: evidence from Houston, Texas. J Trauma. 2004; 57:1260-1265.
7. Associated Press. Katrina joins list of 10 deadliest hurricanes. September 14, 2005. Available at: http://www.livescience.com/environment/ ap-050914-worst-disasters.html. Accessed October 1, 2007.
8. Sirbaugh PE, Gurwitch KD, Macias CG, et al. Caring for evacuated children housed in the Astrodome: creation and implementation of a mobile pediatric emergency response team: regionalized care for displaced children after a disaster. Pediatrics. 2006;117:428-438.
9. Edwards TD, Young RA, Lowe AF. Caring for a surge of hurricane Katrina evacuees in primary care clinics. Ann Fam Med. 2007;5:170-174.
10. Harris County Healthcare Alliance. Website introduction. Available at: http://www.hchalliance.org/. Accessed October 1, 2007.
11. Houston working on new plan to ease emergency room crowding. August 9, 2005. ABC news. Available at: http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/storyfisection- local&id-3335092.
12. Barnes M, Cooper C. Public Health Task Force finance subgroup: final report. 2004. City of Houston and Greater Houston Partnership. Available at: http://www.houston.org/pdfs/PHTF/Finance.pdf.
13. Begley CE, Courtney P, Burau K, et al. Houston hospitals emergency department use study. March 2007. University of Texas School of Public Health. Final Report. Available at: http://www.sph.uth.tmc.edu/uploadedFiles/Centers/ Health-Services-Research/HSRC/Final-report-all-25-hospitals-2005-REVISED.pdf. Accessed April 30, 2007.
14. Emergency and outpatient utilization data for Texas acute care hospitals by county, 2005. Source: 2005 cooperative DSHS/AHA/THA annual survey of hospitals and hospital tracking database.
15. Begley CE, Vojvodik RW, Seo M, et al. Emergency room use and access to primary care: Evidence from Houston, Texas. J Healthcare Poor Underserved. 2006;17:610-624.
16. Gavagan TF, Smart K, Palacio H, et al. Hurricane Katrina: medical response at the Houston Astrodome/Reliant Center complex. South Med J. 2006;99:933-939.
17. Gibbs N. Act two: Hurricane Rita. Time. September 24, 2005. Available at: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1109271,00.html?iid- chix-sphere. Accessed June 7, 2007.
18. Callebs S, Feyerick D, Starr B. Texans fiee colossal Rita. CNN report. September 21, 2005. Available at: http://www.cnn.com/2005/WEATHER/ 09/21/rita/index.html. Accessed June 7, 2007.
19. Nawar EW, Niska RW, Xu J, et al. National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2005 emergency department summary. Advance Data from Vital Health and Statistics. June 29, 2007. No. 386.
20. Williams W, Guarisco J, Guillot K, et al. Surveillance for illness and injury after Hurricane Katrina-New Orleans, Louisiana, September 8-25, 2005. JAMA. 2005;294:2837-2839.
21. Zuckerman S, Coughlin T. Initial health policy responses to hurricane Katrina and possible next steps. Urban Institute. 2006:1-9.
22. Brodie M, Weltzien E, Altman D, et al. Experiences of Hurricane Katrina evacuees in Houston shelters: implications for future planning. Am J Public Health. 2006;96:1402-1408.
23. Myers C. Houston emergency rooms brace for infiux of patients. September15,2005.Available at:http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/storyfisection- health&id-3446975&ft. Accessed April 5, 2007.
24. Katrina's aftermath-lessons learned: an expert interview with Kenneth Mattox, MD. Medscape Critical Care. 2006;7. Available at: http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/520763. Accessed October 1, 2007.
25. University of Texas Health Science Center communication. Available at: http://publicaffairs.uth.tmc.edu/media/newsreleases/nrSpecial/katrina/. Accessed June 7, 2007.